Search results for “multiple sclerosis”
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Multicystic dysplastic kidney
Multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK) is a type of non-heritable pediatric cystic renal disease. It results in multiple cysts being formed in utero in the affected kidney.
Epidemiology
Unilateral incidence is estimated at 1:2500-4000. There may be a predisposition for the left kidney, a slightl...
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Renal angiomyolipoma
Renal angiomyolipomas (AML) are a type of benign renal neoplasm encountered both sporadically and as part of a phakomatosis, most commonly tuberous sclerosis. They are considered one of a number of tumors with perivascular epithelioid cellular differentiation (PEComas) and are composed of vascul...
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Neurogenic bladder
Neurogenic bladder is a term applied to a dysfunctional urinary bladder that results from any lack of coordination between the central nervous system and the somatic nervous system 1, including injuries to the central or peripheral nerves that control and regulate urination. Injury to the brain,...
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Tuberous sclerosis - multiple angiomyolipomas
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01 Mar 2010
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Tuberous sclerosis (diagnostic criteria)
The tuberous sclerosis diagnostic criteria have been developed to aid the diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis and have been updated in 2012 by the International Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Consensus Group (at time of writing - 2019) 1.
Diagnosis
Genetic criteria
The identification of either a TSC...
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Renal osteodystrophy
Renal osteodystrophy, also known as uremic osteopathy, is a constellation of musculoskeletal abnormalities that occur in patients with chronic renal failure, due to concurrent and superimposed:
osteomalacia (adults) or rickets (children)
secondary hyperparathyroidism: abnormal calcium and phos...
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Complications of sickle cell disease
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25 Sep 2023
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Tuberous sclerosis
Tuberous sclerosis (TS), also known as tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) or Bourneville disease, is a phakomatosis (neurocutaneous disorder) characterized by the development of multiple benign tumors of the embryonic ectoderm (e.g. skin, eyes, and nervous system).
Epidemiology
Tuberous sclerosi...
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Nephrotic syndrome
Nephrotic syndrome results from loss of plasma proteins in the urine and characterized by hypoalbuminemia, hyperalbuminuria, hyperlipidemia, and edema. It may be caused by primary (idiopathic) renal disease or by a variety of secondary causes.
Clinical presentation
Patients present with marked...
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Erectile dysfunction
Erectile dysfunction is a common condition. Doppler ultrasound is a highly accurate means of assessing patients with erectile dysfunction.
Pathology
Psychological factors (mental impulse) cause the transmission of parasympathetic impulses to the penis. This causes relaxation of arterioles and...
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Glomerulocystic kidney disease
Glomerulocystic kidney disease (GCKD) is a rare cystic kidney disease.
Epidemiology
Associations
Following syndromic associations have been proposed 4:
Down syndrome
asplenia with cardiovascular anomalies
multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
Jeune syndrome
Marden-Walker syndrome
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Tuberous sclerosis - multiple angiomyolipomas
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17 Sep 2018
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Pheochromocytoma
Pheochromocytomas are an uncommon tumor of the adrenal gland, with characteristic clinical, and to a lesser degree, imaging features. The tumors are said to follow a 10% rule:
~10% are extra-adrenal
~10% are bilateral
~10% are malignant
~10% are found in children
~10% are not associated wit...
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Wunderlich syndrome - angiomyolipoma rupture in tuberous sclerosis
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11 Jan 2018
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Tuberous sclerosis with renal angiomyolipomas
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28 Jul 2022
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Tuberous sclerosis
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13 Nov 2018
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Bilateral renal enlargement
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
vasculiti...
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Bladder calculi
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24 Jun 2020
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Paraneoplastic tumefactive demyelination
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28 Feb 2018
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Renal oncocytoma
Renal oncocytomas are relatively benign renal tumors. The main clinical importance of this lesion is the difficulty in preoperatively distinguishing it from renal cell carcinomas, as epidemiology, presentation, imaging and even histology can be very similar.
Epidemiology
Renal oncocytomas acc...
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