Urinary Tract Flashcards
(26 cards)
Developmental abnormalities of the urinary tract (8)
Agenesis of kidney Hypoplasia of kidney Oligomeganephronia Horseshoe kidney Ectopic kidney Duplication of renal pelvis and the ureter Accessory renal artery Multicystic renal dysplasia
Oligomeganephronia is characterized by
Reduced number of nephrons
Which Polycystic kidney disease is the most common
ADPKD
PKD1 on chr.?
Chr. 16
PKD2 is on chr. ?
Chr. 4
Which PKD is lethal
Autosomal recessive
Cysts location in ARPKD
Medullary and cortical
Cystic diseases of the renal medulla
Medullary sponge kidney
Nephronophtysis
Cysts in which hereditary syndromes?
Von hippel landau
Tuberous sclerosis
Most frequently occurring stones
Calcium
Calcium stones color
Brown-black
2nd common stones
Struvite
Struvite stones=
Magnesium ammonium phosphate
Struvite stone color
Grey yellow
3rd most common stone
Uric acid
Uric acid stones occur due to
Gout
High cell turnover
Uric acid stone color
White orange
Least common stone
Cysteine
Unrelieved obstruction leads to
Hydronephrosis
Hydronephrosis=
Dilation of the renal pelvis and calyces
Atrophy of the kidney
Pyelonephritis=
Inflammation of the tubules, the interstitium, the calyces and the renal pelvis
Inflammation of the kidney!
Pyelonephritis is caused typically by
E. Coli
Pyelonephritis is usually the consequence of
Ascending UT
Morphology of pyelonephritis
1-3 mm yellowish abscesses on the surface and in parenchyma
