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Bilateral renal enlargement

Last revised by Yuranga Weerakkody ◉ on 29 Sep 2023

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Citation:

Weerakkody Y, Bell D, Yap J, et al. Bilateral renal enlargement. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 13 Jan 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-17101

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-17101

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/17101

rID:

17101

Article created:

16 Mar 2012, Praveen Jha

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At the time the article was created Praveen Jha had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

29 Sep 2023, Yuranga Weerakkody ◉

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At the time the article was last revised Yuranga Weerakkody had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

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12 times, by 10 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Urogenital

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Gamuts

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Synonyms:

Causes of bilateral renal enlargement
Causes of bilateral renomegaly
Causes of bilateral nephromegaly

Bilateral renal enlargement, also known as nephromegaly, can arise from many causes including ^1,2:

Smooth enlargement

diabetic nephropathy (common)
acute pyelonephritis
renal involvement with lymphoma
acute interstitial nephritis
acute glomerulonephritis
acute urate nephropathy
vasculitis/autoimmune
HIV nephropathy
leukemia
autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD)
sickle cell disease
thalassemia
acromegaly
amyloidosis
multiple myeloma
chronic ethanol excess ²

Enlargement by cysts/masses

autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD)
acquired cystic kidney disease
lymphoma
von Hippel-Lindau disease
nephroblastomatosis
Wilms tumor
tuberous sclerosis
bilateral renal cell carcinoma
multiple oncocytomas
metastases

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