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CASE REPORT article

Front. Pediatr.
Sec. Pediatric Surgery
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fped.2024.1499644

Laparoscopic Repair of Intrathoracic Kidney Associated with Giant Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: an Infant Case Report and Literature Review

Provisionally accepted
Ze Ji Ze Ji 1,2Zhen Zhao Zhen Zhao 2*Hongxia Ren Hongxia Ren 1*
  • 1 Department of Neonatal surgery, Shanxi Provincial Children's Hospital, Taiyuan, China
  • 2 Department of Pediatrics, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China

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    Background: Intrathoracic kidney (ITK) is a rare congenital disease, with only about 40 pediatric cases reported worldwide to date. ITK associated with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is even rarer, and we report a case of an infant with ITK combined with a giant CDH.A six-month-old male infant was hospitalized due to "vomiting for 4 days". The child's parents sought a definitive diagnosis and treatment to alleviate the child's suffering. Following a series of examinations and laboratory tests, we determined the child had ITK combined with CDH. We treated the condition laparoscopically, repairing the diaphragmatic defect and securing the kidney to the posterior wall of the abdomen. After a two-year follow-up period, the child exhibited no significant discomfort.Infantile ITK combined with giant CDH is relatively rare and the etiology is unclear.When symptoms of pneumonia, gastrointestinal obstruction or genitourinary tract occur, surgical intervention is necessary. Laparoscopic reduction of the ectopic kidney and repair of the giant diaphragmatic hernia is a minimally invasive and effective surgical approach.

    Keywords: Intrathoracic kidney (ITK), Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), Laparoscopy, Infant, case report

    Received: 21 Sep 2024; Accepted: 18 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Ji, Zhao and Ren. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Zhen Zhao, Department of Pediatrics, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
    Hongxia Ren, Department of Neonatal surgery, Shanxi Provincial Children's Hospital, Taiyuan, China

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