Items tagged “kidney”
344 results found
Case
Renal infarction - renal vein thrombosis
Published
20 Oct 2010
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CT
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Duplex collecting system
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20 Oct 2010
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Ultrasound
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Pelviureteric junction obstruction
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20 Oct 2010
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CT
Article
Crossed fused renal ectopia
Crossed fused renal ectopia refers to an anomaly where the kidneys are fused and located on the same side of the midline.
Epidemiology
The estimated incidence is around 1 out of 1000 births 1. There is a recognized male predilection with a 2:1 male to female ratio. More than 90% of crossed ren...
Case
Duplex kidney
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10 Nov 2010
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X-ray
Ultrasound
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Rhabdoid tumor of the kidney
Rhabdoid tumor of the kidney is a rare, highly aggressive malignancy of early childhood, closely related to atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors (AT/RT) of the brain (see rhabdoid tumors).
Epidemiology
Rhabdoid tumors occur exclusively in children, with 60% occurring before the age of 1 year of a...
Case
Renal, splenic and hepatic lacerations
Published
27 Nov 2010
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CT
DSA (angiography)
Article
Renal cortical necrosis
Renal cortical necrosis occurs as a result of severe systemic illness in a variety of settings and can result in permanent renal impairment. The condition is usually bilateral but may occasionally be unilateral.
Pathology
Etiology
severe hemodynamic shock
hemorrhagic shock
postpartum hemor...
Article
Renal medullary carcinoma
Renal medullary carcinoma is a very rare and highly aggressive variant of renal cell carcinoma centered in the renal medulla.
Epidemiology
The overwhelming majority of cases occur in individuals with sickle cell trait (HbAS) and, less commonly, with the hemoglobin SC (HbSC) variant of sickle ...
Article
Dromedary hump
Dromedary humps are prominent focal bulges on the lateral border of the left kidney. They are normal variants of the renal contour, caused by the splenic impression onto the superolateral left kidney.
Dromedary humps are important because they may mimic a renal mass, and as such is considered a...
Article
Weigert-Meyer law
The Weigert-Meyer law describes the relationship of the upper and lower renal moieties in duplicated collecting systems to their drainage inferiorly.
Weigert-Meyer law
With duplex kidney and complete ureteral duplication, the upper renal and lower renal moieties are drained by separate ureters...
Article
Drooping lily sign (ureter)
The drooping lily sign is a urographic sign in some patients with a duplicated collecting system. It refers to the inferolateral displacement of the opacified lower pole moiety due to an obstructed (and unopacified) upper pole moiety.
The similarity to a lily is further strengthened by the smal...
Case
Duplex collecting system - drooping lily sign
Published
09 Jan 2011
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Fluoroscopy
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Pelviureteric junction obstruction (PUJ)
Published
09 Jan 2011
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CT
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Duplex collecting system
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10 Jan 2011
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Ultrasound
Fluoroscopy
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Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN)
Published
11 Jan 2011
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DSA (angiography)
Article
Putty kidney
A putty kidney refers to a pattern of renal calcification associated with renal tuberculosis conventionally described on plain radiography. The calcification can be large, round or oval, dense or very homogeneous and ground glass-like, representing calcified caseous tissue within dilated calyces...
Case
Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (gross pathology)
Published
03 Feb 2011
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Pathology
Case
Hemorrhagic angiomyolipoma with subsequent embolization
Published
25 Mar 2011
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CT
DSA (angiography)
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Renal angiomyolipoma
Published
03 Jun 2011
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MRI