CVPR First Aid: Renal embryology Flashcards
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Pronephros
Week 4; then degenerates
Mesonephros
Functions as interim kidney for 1st trimester, later contributes to male genital system
Metanephros
Permanent
First appears in 5th week of gestation
Nephrogenesis continues through weeks 32-36
FIRST AIDKidney embryology diagram
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What is potter sequence syndrome?
Oligohydramnios → compression of developing fetus → limb deformities, facial anomalies (eg, low-set ears and retrognathia, flattened nose), compression of chest and lack of amniotic fluid aspiration into fetal lungs → pulmonary hypoplasia (cause of death)
What is the cause of death in Potter Sequence Syndrome
lack of amniotic fluid aspiration into fetal lungs → pulmonary hypoplasia (cause of death)
Uteric bud is derived from?
Derived from caudal end of mesonephric duct
Uteric bud canalization
fully canalized by the 10th week
Ureteric bud gives rise to
Gives rise to ureter, pelvises, calyces, collecting ducts
Metanephric mesenchyme and ureteric bud interactions
(ie, metanephric blastema)
Uteric bud interacts with this tissue; interaction induces differentiation and formation of glomerulus through to distal convoluted tubule (DCT)
Aberrant interaction between these 2 tissues may result in several congenital malformations of the kidney (eg, renal agenesis, multicystic dysplastic kidney)
Causes of Potter Sequence Syndrome
4 listed
ARPKD
Obstructive uropathy (Eg, posterior urethral valves)
Bilateral ren agenesis
Chronic placental insufficiency
What is ARPKD?
Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease
Ureteropelvic junction
Last to canalize → most common site of obstruction (can be detected on prenatal ultrasound as hydronephrosis
Babies who can’t pee in utero develop
Potter Sequence Syndrome
POTTER sequence associated with
Pulmonary hypoplasia
Oligohydramnios
Twisted face
Twisted skin
Extremity defects
Renal failure (in utero)
What is horseshoe kidney?
Inferior poles of both kidneys fuse abnormally
As they descend from pelvis during fetal development, horseshoe kidneys get trapped under inferior mesenteric artery and remain low in the abdomen
Kidneys function normally
Horseshoe kidney is associated with?
5 listed
- Associated with hydronephrosis (eg, ureteropelvic junction obstruction)
- renal stones
- infection
- chromosomal aneuploidy syndromes (eg, Turner syndrome, Trisomies; 13, 18 and 21)
- rarely renal cancer
FIRST AID Identify horseshoe kidney
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Trisomies associated with Horseshoe kidney
Trisomies; 13, 18 and 21)
Dx of congenital solitary functioning kidney?
Prenatally via ultrasound
What is unilateral renal agenesis?
Ureteric bud fails to develop and induce differentiation of metanephric mesenchyme → complete absence of kidney and ureter
What is multicystic dysplastic kidney?
Ureteric bud fails to develop and induce differentiation of metanephric mesenchyme → complete absence of kidney and ureter
A multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK) is the result of abnormal fetal development of the kidney. The kidneyconsists of irregular cysts of varying sizes that resemble a bunch of grapes. A multicystic dysplastic kidney has no function and nothing can be done to save it.
multicystic dysplastic kidney pathophysiology and etiology
Ureteric bud fails to induce differentiation of metanephric mesenchyme → nonfunctional kidney consisting of cysts and connective tissue
Predominantly nonhereditary and usually unilateral
Bilateral leads to Potter Sequence
What is duplex collecting system?
Bifurcation of ureteric bud before it enters the metanephric blastema creates a Y-shaped bifid ureter
Duplex collecting system can alternatively occur through two ureteric buds reaching and interacting with metanephric blastema
Strongly associated with vesicoureteral reflux and/or ureteral obstruction