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Could the bulge in my lower left back under my ribs be an enlarged kidney?
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See below: I doubt, the kidney as more likely to be felt in the front of the abdomen, the structures in your back eg the big muscles, prevent it from showing up in the back.
Answered 9/2/2013
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