Brazil: Man visits doctor for back pain, discovers he has an 'extra' kidney

Marking a rare case in medical literature, a man discovered that he h three kidneys after he approached doctors for lower back pain. According to reports,  38-year-old Brazilian discovered his ‘extra organ’ after doctors at Hospital do Rim in Sao Paulo, Brazil conducted a CT scan to evaluate his back following his complaint.

scan showed that man h slipped disk, a common condition wherein cushion-like disk between spinal vertebrate moves out of place, international media reported. However, what left medics bewildered was an ded anatomical feature in his body. doctors discovered that like a typical human, he did t have two kidneys, but three.

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Two on right side

Possessing three kidneys is a rare condition and re have only been less than a hundred such cases in entire medical history. A report of case was published in journal New England Journal of Medicine which revealed that while re was a rmal looking kidney on his left, re were two fused kidneys located near his pelvis on right side.

"A 38-year-old man presented with low back pain associated with a herniated disk. A computed tomographic scan incidentally showed presence of three kidneys."

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rmally, each kidney is connected to urinary blder through a single duct called a ureter. In this man's case, one of pelvis kidneys was directly connected to blder via a ureter. However, ureter of or pelvis kidney joined ureter of rmal kidney on left-hand side before it entered blder, case report stated. 

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According to report, such conditions emerged during embryonic development and since it does do t cause any medical problem, people do t discover it unless via a n-related medical diagsis. According to media reports, man has t shown any symptoms of kidney problem and his organs function rmally. Meanwhile, doctors have suggested that he did t need any special medical attention for his extra organ. According to reports, y gave him oral painkillers for his back pain.

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