一個(gè)腰痛住院的男人,一檢查發(fā)現(xiàn)有三個(gè)腎

一個(gè)腰痛住院的男人,一檢查發(fā)現(xiàn)有三個(gè)腎

A man in Brazil who went to hospital with back pain was found to have not two but three kidneys.

巴西一名男子因背痛被送往醫(yī)院，結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)他只有三個(gè)腎，而不是兩個(gè)。

Doctors made the unusual discovery while investigating the 38-year old's herniated disk with a CT scan.

醫(yī)生們?cè)谟肅T掃描這位38歲男子的椎間盤突出癥時(shí)，發(fā)現(xiàn)了這個(gè)不尋常的發(fā)現(xiàn)。

They found his kidneys worked normally, a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine said.

《新英格蘭醫(yī)學(xué)雜志》發(fā)表的一份報(bào)告說，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)他的腎臟工作正常。

"The scan incidentally showed the presence of three kidneys: a normal-appearing left kidney and two fused kidneys in the pelvis," the report said.

報(bào)告說:“掃描結(jié)果偶然顯示了三個(gè)腎臟:一個(gè)正常的左腎和兩個(gè)融合的腎盂。”

Doctors who treated the man at Hospital do Rim in Sao Paulo said the mutation is "not uncommon" and typically doesn't cause any symptoms.

在圣保羅醫(yī)院治療這名男子的醫(yī)生說，這種突變“并不罕見”，通常不會(huì)引起任何癥狀。

They say it likely develops in the womb.

醫(yī)生表示這三個(gè)腎可能在子宮里就是這樣發(fā)育的。