Bilateral thoracic kidneys combined with inferior vena cava located behind the anterior abdominal wall:A case report and review of literature

摘要

Ectopic thoracic kidneys are the rarest form of renal ectopia.Moreover,congenital abnormality of a primary anterior inferior vena cava(IVC)located behind the anterior abdominal wall is extremely rare.To date,only one such case has been reported.Herein,we report a rare case of a 55-year-old Chinese male with bilateral thoracic kidneys combined with an anterior IVC,a malformed liver,and a large-round-folds navel.The classification,clinical characteristics,and management options of a thoracic kidney was also summarized by literature review.To our best knowledge,the simultaneous detection of such multiple complex abnormalities has not been reported.