Ectopic Intrathoracic Kidney Along with Right Anterior Diaphragmatic Hernia

Fateme Hosseinabadi; Ali Hekmatnia; Farzaneh Hekmatnia; Aidin Lotfiazar

doi:10.5812/ijp.89043

Ectopic Intrathoracic Kidney Along with Right Anterior Diaphragmatic Hernia

authors:

Fateme Hosseinabadi ¹ , avatar Ali Hekmatnia ² , Farzaneh Hekmatnia ³ , Aidin Lotfiazar ^{4
, *}

1 Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran

2 Department of Radiology, Alzahra Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

3 Department of Medicine, Southend University Hospital, Southend-on-Sea, UK

4 School of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics: Vol.29, issue 4; e89043

published online: July 10, 2019

article type: Letter

received: January 11, 2019

revised: January 26, 2019

accepted: February 16, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/ijp.89043

how to cite: Hosseinabadi F, Hekmatnia A, Hekmatnia F, Lotfiazar A. Ectopic Intrathoracic Kidney Along with Right Anterior Diaphragmatic Hernia. Iran J Pediatr. 2019;29(4):e89043. https://doi.org/10.5812/ijp.89043.

Acknowledgements

Footnotes

Authors’ Contribution:Study concept and design, diagnosis, critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content and study supervision: Ali Hekmatnia and Fateme Hosseinabadi; drafting of manuscript and acquisition of data: Farzaneh Hekmatnia and Aidin Lotfiazar; English and scientific content edition: Farzaneh Hekmatnia; corresponding author: Aidin Lotfiazar. All of the authors read and approved the letter.
Conflict of Interests:The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest in this study.
Ethical Consideration:This study follows the ethical standards of declaration of Helsinki.
Funding/Support:There was no organization for funding in this study.
Patient Consent:The written patient consent was made for this research.

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