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Urinary - Pathology
Question | Answer |
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- a rare anomaly in which a kidney fails to develop | unilateral renal agenesis |
- rare anomaly in which there is a third rudimentary kidney | supernumerary kidney |
A miniature replica of a kidney? | hypoplastic kidney |
- an aquired condition that occurs when one kidney is required to do the job of two | compensatory hypertrophy |
- a kidney not located in the normal location | ectopic kidney |
- the most common type of fusion anomaly; kidneys fused at their lower poles | horseshoe kidney |
- cystic dilatation of the distal ureter near its insertion into the urinary bladder | ureterocele |
The two most common conditions found in children? | ureterocele & ureteral duplication |
- an nonsuppurative inflammatory process involving the tufts of the capillaries within the bowmans capsule; causes oliguria a smaller than normal amount of urine | glomerulonephritis |
- a suppurative inflammatory process of the kidney and renal pelvis | pyelonephritis |
- type of severe infection that occurs almost exclusively in diabetic patients | emphysematous pyelonephritis |
- the most common hospital aquired infection of the urinary system | cystitis |
- completely fills the renal pelvis | staghorn calculus |
- calcium deposit within the renal parenchyma | nephrocalcinosis |
- occurs when there is a blockage above the level of the bladder | hydronephrosis |
- the most common unifocal mass of the kidneys | renal cysts |
- an inherited disease involving multiple cysts on the kidneys , causes enlarged kidneys | polycystic disease |
- the most common renal neoplasm | hypernephroma |
- the most common abdominal neoplasm of infancy and childhood | wilms tumor |
- orginates in the adrenal medullary | neuroblastoma |
- orginates in the epithelium of the bladder | urothelial |
- in children, almost always occurs rapidly after an episode of severe dehydration; causes enlarged kidneys | vein thrombosis |