While symptoms are uncommon, some people with a pelvic kidney may experience abdominal or back pain, fever, hematuria, high blood pressure, or a burning sensation while urinating.
Children with a pelvic kidney may need to wear certain protective equipment while playing sports to prevent injuries.
[1] In the development of the human embryo, the metanephric kidneys fail to ascend and usually remain at the brim of the pelvis.
This clinical scenario may present no signs or symptoms and the kidneys may function normally.
It may also be detected if complications arise later in life for this or a completely different reason, and during investigations.