Renal ectopia | |
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Classification and external resources | |
Specialty | medical genetics |
ICD-10 | Q63.2 |
ICD-9-CM | 753.3 |
Renal ectopia or ectopic kidney describes a kidney that is not located in its usual position. It results from the kidney failing to ascend from its origin in the true pelvis or from a superiorly ascended kidney located in the thorax.
It has an incidence of approximately 1/900.