After Googling for some time, I think that the condition Maxim has is called ectopic kidneys. There are several variations on this abnormality, but is seems that Maxim has the simple ectopic kidney, which means that one of his kidneys, the right one, hasn’t moved up to its position. Other than that it is on the proper side and functions alright.
There is no treatment either. Actually there is none needed so far. The misplaced kidney can cause a number of evil things, like stones in the kidneys, abdominal pains, and internal infections. Only if something like that starts to happen, there will be the need to treat it. Hopefully it won’t happen.
By the way, when I was thanking ultrasound inventors, I was right on the spot. Ectopic kidneys are a fairly common thing. About 1 out of 500 to 1000 people are born with it. More frequently those are man than women. And more frequenlty the left kidney gets misplaced. Interesting thing is that only about 1 out of every 10 cases is diagnosed. Now this number is growing due to the wide acceptance of ultrasound as a diagnostic tool. Until recently, most of the cases were discovered by accident, when, for example, doing the abdominal X-Ray.
So, once again - thank you guys for developing ultrasound. Keep it up.
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luv_rain
// Feb 6, 2007 at 11:38 am
I’ve known I’ve had an ectopic kidney ever since my first ultrasound to see my first child in the womb. Not only did they see a baby, but also a kidney. My right kidney is lodged in my pelvic area, left is in its right place. Over the years I’ve experienced pain then usual and getting more infections in this kidney it’s affecting my health and because the pain is unbareable, I’m off of work too. Well, there it is another one of me with an ectopic kidney, hope I can get well with that. Take care..
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Leonid Mamchenkov
// Feb 6, 2007 at 12:05 pm
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Rajesh Mishra
// Aug 11, 2007 at 6:16 pm
Dear Mr. Leonid,
I had been diagnosed with Right Ectopic Kidney in Right Illiac Fossa just like Maxim (about whom you mention here) about 3-4 years back
I am experiencing unexplained pain since 3-4 days in same region. Previously also there have been 2-3 episodes of similar pains for around the same duration.
I wanted to ask whether Maxim has been experiencing something similar or any other problem
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Leonid Mamchenkov
// Aug 28, 2007 at 11:57 pm
so far we haven’t seen any problems with Maxim. There are a few more tests in the queue, but so far so good…
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mart76
// Apr 1, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Hi, my wife is pregnant and in our the las ultrasound we were told that our son has a pelvic kidney. I noticed that this post is quite old so I was wondering if you could comment an update describing your experience.
Thanks!
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Leonid Mamchenkov
// Apr 1, 2008 at 12:52 pm
so far everything is OK with Maxim. We haven’t done any treatments and his life experiences are not limited in any way because of the condition. Another routine check is coming up, which should show the trend in the condition - if it is getting better or worse or what. Once we do that check and have the results, I’ll publish another post.
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