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The renal pelvis is where urine collects in the kidney before it is passed down the ureter to the bladder. Renal pelvis dilation (RPD) is a slight increase in the amount of urine in the renal pelvis of one or both kidneys, and is found in a small percentage of fetuses during ultrasounds. It occurs in 2-3% of pregnancies.
Christop Hodkiewicz
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Can female fetus have renal pelvis dilatation?
Yes, both genders can have dilatation of the renal pelvis.
What is hydrocalicosis?
cystic dilatation of a major renal calix
What is pyelocaliectasis?
Mild dilatation of the collecting system of the kidney-- calyces and renal pelvis.
What is a baggy pelvis of the kidney?
dilatation of renal pelvis above pelvi ureteric junction without any obstruction.
What is bilateral pelviectasis?
This is a condition in which there is dilatation of the renal pelvis, the kidney part that is in direct connection with the ureter. The ureter is in direct communication with urinary bladder. If urinary bladder infection occurs, transmission through the ureter to the renal pelvis may occur resulting a more serious infection known as pyelonephritis which was reported to be more common in children born with pelviectasis. Pyelonephritis can cause chronic renal damage. Pelviectasis is usually diagnosed in the prenatal period or shortly after in newborns and is thought to be a self limited that resolves later. Dilatation in the renal pelvis in adults occurs when obstruction below the kidney level occurs either in the ureter or in the bladder near the ureteric orifice (like stones, fibrosis). Back pressure will cause changes in the kidney usually in the form of renal pelvis dilatation and calcyeal dilatation.
What is dilatation of the infrarenal aorta?
Yes, these types of AAA do occur. Infrarenal AAAs are more easily operable (compartively speaking) than suprarenal AAAs. Infrarenal means that the aneurysm has occured below the level of the renal arteries.
What is an ex vacau dilatation of the posterior horn of the lateral ventricle?
Congenital dilatation of posterior horn
Dilatation of an artery?
Aneurysm
What are the three main regions of the kidney in their correct sequence from outermost to innermost?
renal cortex > renal medulla > renal pelvis1.renal medulla>renal pelvis>renal cortex2.renal medulla>renal cortex>renal pelvis3.renal cortex>renal medulla>renal pelvis4.renal cortex>renal pelvis>renal medulla
What is severe colonic dilatation?
Toxic megacolon
What is a aneurism?
It's the dilatation of a segment of the aorta.
What is the meaning of calycine dilatation?
Calycine dilatation means dilation (growing in diameter) of the area of the kidney that collects urine. It's an unusual turn of phrase.
