BACKGROUND Crossed renal ectopia(CRE)occurs when one kidney crosses the midline from the primary side to the contralateral side while the ureter remains on the primary side.Rectal cancer,one of the most common maligna...
Pubo-penile testicular ectopia is a rare congenital malformation whose etiopathogenesis remains poorly understood. It represents other testicular ectopias less than 1% of all testicular migration disorders. We report ...
Introduction: Malformations of the excretory tract are abnormalities due to a disorder of embryogenesis. According to some authors, their frequency varies from 0.30 to 5.25 per 1000. The aim of this study was to highl...
Ectopia cordis(EC)is a rare malformation due to failure of maturation of the midline mesodermal components of the chest and abdomen.It can be defined as 0.1%of congenital heart diseases,and it could present isolated o...
Supported by Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (No.ZR2018MH016);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Funded Project (No.2017M612211);Medical Program of Shandong Province (No.2016WS0265);Qingdao Postdoctoral Application Research Project (No.40518060071);Qingdao Science and Technology Plan (No.16-6-2-14-nsh)
AIM: To summarize the phenotypes and identify the underlying genetic cause of the fibrillin-1(FBN1) gene responsible for congenital ectopia lentis(EL) in two Chinese families in northern China.METHODS: A detailed fami...
BACKGROUND Crossed fused renal ectopia is a rare congenital anomaly of the ascent of the kidney. This anomaly may be observed as a solitary kidney during initial evaluation. A solitary kidney must be evaluated for ass...
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 ...
Lens-induced factors are important and common mechanisms causing acute elevation of intraocular pressure. While in most cases, the diagnosis and management are straight-forward, in others it is difficult and can lead ...
Ectopic posterior pituitary is a disruption in the normal embryogenesis and is one of the rare but common causes of pituitary dwarfism. We report the MRI and clinical findings of a 13.5-year-old Saudi boy who was refe...