Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Pelvic kidney
HP:0000125
What it means
A developmental defect in which a kidney is located in an abnormal anatomic position within the pelvis.
Rare diseases that can present with this13
Sometimes5–29%
9- 8q24.3microdeletion syndrome
- Currarino syndrome
- Facial dysmorphism-developmental delay-behavioral abnormalities syndrome due to WAC point mutation
- Intellectual disability-cardiac anomalies-short stature-joint laxity syndrome
- Microcephalic cortical malformations-short stature due to RTTN deficiency
- Mowat-Wilson syndrome
- Mowat-Wilson syndrome due to a ZEB2 point mutation
- Mowat-Wilson syndrome due to monosomy 2q22
and 1 more in this range
The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.
Part of the broader category
Also called: Sacral kidney
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