Pelvic Renal Ectopia: Unusual Position Abnormality

Jose C Alvarez; Alexander Joaquin Guerra Mieles; Carlos Rivera-Escalante; Amilkar Rodriguez-Arrieta; Luis Antonio Rodriguez Arrieta

doi:10.7759/cureus.14365

Pelvic Renal Ectopia: Unusual Position Abnormality

Cureus. 2021 Apr 8;13(4):e14365. doi: 10.7759/cureus.14365.

Authors

Jose C Alvarez¹, Alexander Joaquin Guerra Mieles², Carlos Rivera-Escalante³, Amilkar Rodriguez-Arrieta⁴, Luis Antonio Rodriguez Arrieta⁵

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine, University of Antioquia, Medellin, COL.
² Radiology and Diagnostic Images, Hospital Rosario Pumarejo De López, Valledupar, COL.
³ Faculty of Medicine, University of Magdalena, Santa Marta, COL.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, University of Cartagena, Cartagena, COL.
⁵ Endocrinology, University of Antioquia, Medellín, COL.

Abstract

Pelvic renal ectopia is a congenital anomaly secondary to poor renal migration to the lower back. Usually, these pathologies are of asymptomatic course, therefore its finding is usually fortuitous during radiological examinations for other causes or in work-up of the infrequent symptomatic cases characterized by the occurrence of recurrent infections or symptoms of obstructive uropathy. The objective of this report is to present a case of a 37-year-old female with the unusual manifestation of left pelvic renal ectopia. She was intervened for acute lithiasic cholecystitis, and radiologic techniques diagnosed left pelvic renal ectopia. An updated review of the literature is performed. Despite the anomaly, the patient's renal function tests were normal, so only cholecystectomy was performed without complications.

Keywords: congenital anomalies of kidney; ectopic kidney; renal ptosis.

Publication types

Case Reports