DOI: 10.36347/sasjs.2020.v06i07.002

Pages: 268-272

The term is derived from the Greek words ek (“out”) and topos (“place”) and literally means “out of place.” Ectopic kidney is a congenital defect where kidney is in unusual anatomical position. An ectopic kidney is often associated with an increased incidence of stone formation as a result of stasis caused by the altered geometry of urinary drainage [1]. Factors which interfere with development such as the ureteric bud not meeting with the nephrogenicblastema for normal nephrogenisis or metanephric maternal disease, may result in abnormal migration of the kidney resulting in renal ectopia [2, 3]. Diseases in ectopic kidney may present diagnostic problems and unwary surgeon may be tempted to remove it as an unexplained mass [4]. Abnormal position may result in atypical referred pain, misdiagnosed as Appendicitis or Pelvic inflammatory disease in women. Increase in renal transplants, vascular reconstruction and other urologic procedures require thorough knowledge of morphological variants of kidneys and their clinical significance. Here we present a case ectopic kidney noted at our hospital.