Unusual association of two unilateral anomalies present in adulthood: pulmonary hypoplasia and renal agenesis. Embryology and clinical expression

R M Mirapeix; C Domingo; J R Sañudo; J M Mata

doi:10.1007/BF01627581

Unusual association of two unilateral anomalies present in adulthood: pulmonary hypoplasia and renal agenesis. Embryology and clinical expression

Surg Radiol Anat. 1995;17(2):177-9, 29-30. doi: 10.1007/BF01627581.

[Article in English, French]

Authors

R M Mirapeix¹, C Domingo, J R Sañudo, J M Mata

Affiliation

¹ Morphological Sciences Department, Medical School, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain.

PMID: 7482158
DOI: 10.1007/BF01627581

Abstract

We report a case of pulmonary hypoplasia associated with renal agenesia diagnosed in a 46-year-old woman admitted to hospital because of a viral pleuro-pericarditis. The chest x-ray raised the suspicion of left pulmonary hypoplasia. The CT scan and the Magnetic Resonance Image confirmed the presence of the congenital lung malformation and detected the absence of the left kidney. The clinical presentation, radiological diagnosis and embryological basis are described.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abnormalities, Multiple / diagnosis
Abnormalities, Multiple / diagnostic imaging
Embryonic and Fetal Development
Female
Humans
Kidney / abnormalities*
Kidney / diagnostic imaging
Kidney / embryology*
Lung / abnormalities*
Lung / diagnostic imaging
Lung / embryology*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Tomography, X-Ray Computed