Items tagged “kidney”
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Pelviureteric junction obstruction
Pelviureteric junction (PUJ) obstruction/stenosis, also known as ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction/stenosis, can be one of the causes of obstructive uropathy. It can be congenital or acquired with a congenital pelviureteric junction obstruction being one of the commonest causes of antenat...
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Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (gross pathology)
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15 May 2010
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Staghorn calculus
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17 May 2010
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Septum of Bertin
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23 May 2010
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Junctional parenchymal defect of the kidney
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23 May 2010
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Transitional cell carcinoma (urinary tract)
Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC), also called urothelial cell carcinoma (UCC), is the most common primary malignancy of the urinary tract and may be found along its entire length, from the renal pelvis to the bladder.
As imaging findings and treatment vary according to where along the urinary...
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Transitional cell carcinoma (renal pelvis)
Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the renal pelvis, also called urothelial cell carcinoma (UCC) of the renal pelvis, is uncommon compared to renal cell carcinoma and can be challenging to identify on routine imaging when small.
This article concerns itself with transitional cell carcinomas ...
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Oncocalyx
An oncocalyx is a tumor-filled, distended renal calyx, typically seen in patients with transitional cell carcinomas of the renal pelvis.
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Faceless kidney
A faceless kidney refers to one in which the normal appearance of the renal sinus on cross-sectional imaging is absent. It was initially described as a sign of duplication of the collecting system 1 (a slice obtained between the two collecting systems will not demonstrate the normal components o...
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Transitional cell carcinoma - renal pelvis (gross pathology)
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26 May 2010
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Renal oncocytoma
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26 May 2010
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Transitional cell carcinoma - renal pelvis (gross pathology)
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26 May 2010
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Phantom calyx
A phantom calyx is a solitary calyx which fails to opacify with contrast amidst an otherwise well-opacified pelvicalyceal system. It is due to an intrarenal process which has infiltrated and caused obliteration of the involved collecting system element.
It may be seen in:
tumor: especially tra...
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Pelvi-ureteric junction (PUJ) obstruction from accessory renal artery
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27 May 2010
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CT
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Transitional cell carcinoma with renal vein and inferior vena cava tumor thrombus
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27 May 2010
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CT
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Horseshoe kidney
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27 May 2010
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CT
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Renal tumors
Renal tumors (for the purposes of this article taken to broadly mean neoplastic lesions) should be distinguished from renal pseudotumors.
Whilst renal tumors can be broadly divided into primary and secondary (metastatic), benign and malignant, or adult and pediatric tumors, they are more formal...
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Renal mass
A renal mass can be broadly divided into two broad categories:
renal tumor
renal pseudotumor
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Renal angiomyolipoma
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29 May 2010
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Nephrocalcinosis
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29 May 2010
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