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Pampiniform plexus
The pampiniform plexus (plural: plexuses) is the venous network of approximately 10 veins draining the testis and epididymis in males, and the ovary in females.
In females, the plexus draining the ovary is found within the broad ligament adjacent to the ovary and fallopian tube. Each network co...
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Steinstrasse
Steinstrasse [stīn′shtra-se] is the German word for "stone street", describing a possible complication of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) for urinary tract calculi, wherein a column of stone fragments forms that blocks the ureter.
Terminology
The term steinstrasse can equally, alb...
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Endometrial carcinoma (staging)
Endometrial carcinoma staging allows appropriate treatment options to be considered and enables greater prognostic accuracy for endometrial carcinoma.
Staging
Staging can be based on the TNM or FIGO system.
MR imaging is the modality of choice for staging with CT having relatively low speci...
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Nephroptosis
Nephroptosis, also known as floating/wandering kidney or ren mobilis, refers to the descent of the kidney more than 5 cm or two vertebral bodies when the patient moves from a supine to upright position during IVU 1,2.
Displacement can also occur medially across the midline, so-called medial nep...
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Perinephric bridging septa
Perinephric bridging septa or septa of Kunin (singular: septum) are composed of numerous fibrous lamellae which traverse the perinephric fat 1,2 where they suspend the kidneys within the perirenal space. The septa may act as a barrier or conduit for the spread of pus, blood, urine, and neoplasms...
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Spermatic cord
The spermatic cord (TA: funiculus spermaticus) is the tubular structure that suspends the testes and epididymis in the scrotum from the abdominal cavity.
Gross anatomy
Course
The spermatic cord arises at the deep inguinal ring, passes through the inguinal canal and exits at the superficial in...
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Renal fascia
The renal fascia is a dense, elastic connective tissue sheath that envelops each kidney and adrenal gland together with a layer of surrounding perirenal fat forming the perirenal space.
It is a multi-laminated structure which is fused posteromedially with the muscular fasciae of the psoas and q...
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Jackstone calculus
Jackstone calculus is the name assigned to the appearance of a subset of urinary calculi, a rare bladder stone with spiculated and stippled edges 3.
Pathology
Jackstone calculi are almost always composed of calcium oxalate dihydrate. They are nearly always created, and thus, located, in the bl...
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