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Pelvicaliectasis with renal paranchimal atrophy = Hydronephrosis
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What is the main term for primary hydronephrosis?
hydronephrosis
What hydronephrosis?
cholelithiasis
What condition accompanies hydronephrosis?
Swelling of the ureter, which always accompanies hydronephrosis, is called hydroureter. Hydronephrosis implies that a ureter and the renal pelvis (the connection of the ureter to the kidney) are overfilled with urine.
Do male babies diagnosed with hydronephrosis need to be circumcised?
Hydronephrosis is when a kidney becomes enlarged due to an obstruction of the urinary tract. To correct it depends on where the obstruction is, but circumcision is certainly not necessary.
Is there a connection between hydronephrosis and constipation?
I really don't know... I'm pregnant with hydronephrosis, thought I was improving... But i have some constipation and I'm wondering if that's what is causing my kidney pain to return.
What is a backup of urine into the kidneys often a result of a blockage in the urinary tract?
hydronephrosis
What is bilateral extrarenal pelves that showed on a cat scan and shows no hydronephrosis and no right hydroureter?
bilateral extrarenal pelves is a normal variant in humans. no hydronephrosis means in simple English it is fine. no right hydroureter? hm... this one is tricky was there a left hydroureter?
Which term mean the swelling of one or both kidneys due to an obstruction of the urine flow?
hydronephrosis
What is the difference between mild bilateral pelviectasis and hydronephrosis?
Pelviectasis is a general term used to describe dilation of the renal pelvis, or collecting system of the kidney. Hydronephrosis also refers to dilitation of the renal pelvis, but has the added connotation that the pathology was caused by an obstructive process, such as a kidney stone.
What is the medical term meaning water in the kidney due to reflux?
Hydronephrosis is a backup of urine in the kidney due to reflux.
Which term means the swelling of one or both kidneys due to an obstruction of the urine flow?
hydronephrosis
What does it mean when new moderate bilateral hydronephrosis?
It means both of your kidneys are swollen with fluid as a result of an obstruction of urine out of them.
