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Group number	Description
Group 1	True ectopic intrathoracic kidney with closed diaphragm
Group 2	Ectopic kidney due to diaphragmatic eventration
Group 3	Ectopic kidney due to diaphragmatic hernia (either congenital or acquired)
Group 4	Ectopic kidney due to traumatic rupture of the diaphragm

Declarations

Author contributions

HES: Conceptualization, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing, Supervision. ZA: Conceptualization, Writing—original draft, Visualization. MA: Validation, Writing—review & editing. AH: Writing—review & editing. All authors read and approved the submitted version.

Conflicts of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval

Ethical approval was waved for this report per Royal Medical Services institutional review boards (IRBs) as per their protocol for case reports. The study adhered to the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki and maintained patient confidentiality.

Consent to participate

Informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants.

Consent to publication

Informed consent to publication was obtained from relevant participants.

Availability of data and materials

All generated and analyzed data for this study are included in the manuscript.

Funding

Not applicable.

Copyright

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