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Nephrons destroyed and replaced by cysts and usually see cysts in other organs with this.
APKD
The most common cause of renal failure in adults.
Adult PKD
Compkications are hypertension, hemorrhagic cysts, pus filled cysts, and Ureteric obstruction.
APKD
Get enlarged kidney's, non- communicating cysts, Cortico- medullary differentiation, and always bilateral.
APKD
Abdominal/flank pain, hematuria, hypertension
symptoms of APKD
Bilaterally enlarged, echogenic kidney's seen in utero that can cause renal insufficiency.
Infantile PKD
What can renal insufficiency in babies cause?
Lung Hypoplasia
Mult unilateral cysts affecting a kidney that are due to a urinary tract obstruction during embyogenesis.
MDKD
Absence of normal parenchyma due to non- comm cysts & cyst wall calcifications.
MDKD
Bilateral dilitation of the collecting ducts in medulla that doesn't affect fx of kidney.
Medullary sponge kidney
Calcium deposits in renal parenchyma that rarely shadow and entire pyramid may appear echogenic.
Nephrocalcinosis
3X more common in males & aka "Staghorm Calculi" that can be unilateral or bilateral.
Nephrolithiasis
What is an indication of a metabolic abnormality.
Nephrocalcinosis
cysts less then 2cm that causes nephrocalcinosis to form as well as infection.
Medullary Sponge kidney
"Gravel in collecting system"
Nephrocalcinosis
Symptoms of renal pain, hematuria, & pyuria.
Nephrolithiasis
"Reflux to kidney"
Hydronephrosis
In pregancy it is normal to have hydro on what kidney?
Right
Reflux from a full bladder, PUV, UPJ, Bladder neck obstruction, tumors, blood clots are causes of what?
Hyrdronephrosis
Dilatation of renal collecting system due to obstruction of outflow of urine.
Hydronephrosis
What are Intrinsic causes of Hydro?
Calculi, blood clots, pyelonephritis, tumors, strictures
Extrinsic causes of Hydro? (causes outside kidney)
Stones, prostate enlargement, tumors, inflammation, full bladder, bood clots, pregnancy, fx disorders.
Congenital causes of Hydro?
PUV, UPJ, bladder neck obstruction
Creates a "Cauliflower" shape to pelvis, that's not associated with cortical thinning but dilated calyces only.
Moderate Hydro
1 large sonolucent mass w/in kidney, cortical thinning due to compression, and distension of entire pelvic/ calyceal system.
Severe Hydro
What are the Renal lab values?
Creatine, Urine Ph, Blood in urine, BUN, UA
An increase in acid in urine causes what? Increase alkaline causes what?
Stone formation= acid
Renal failure = alkaline
The most common disease of the urinary tract involving nephrons & renal pelvis.
Pyelonephritis
Results from an Ascending UTI, unilateral, and in diabetics.
Pyelonephritis
Inflammation of 1 or both kidneys that is hypoechoic due to edema.
Pyelonephritis
What are the Renal lab values?
Creatine, Urine Ph, Blood in urine, BUN, UA
An increase in acid in urine causes what? Increase alkaline causes what?
Stone formation= acid
Renal failure = alkaline
The most common disease of the urinary tract involving nephrons & renal pelvis.
Pyelonephritis
Results from an Ascending UTI, unilateral, and in diabetics.
Pyelonephritis
Inflammation of 1 or both kidneys that is hypoechoic due to edema.
Pyelonephritis
Flank pain, fever/chills, dysuria, pyuria, leukocytosis
clinical signs of Pyelonephritis
What are the 2 types of Pyelonephritis?
XanthoGranulomatous & pyonephritis
Obstructed & infected collecting system w/echogenic pus
Pyonephritis
Chronic Pyelonephritis with obstruction that has a long standing calculi that clinically presents with a UTI.
Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis
Can mimic Renal Cancer by creating inflammatory masses within the kidney
Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis
Hyperechoic cortex, well visualized pyramids, hematuria, Hypertension, No urine output.
Glomerulonephritis
aka "Mycetoma"
Fungus balls
Hyperechoic, non-shadowing mass that appear as a stone but there is no shadowing.
Fungus balls
Inflammation or necrosis of Glomeruli due to infection of tubules affecting kidney fx.
Glomerulonephritis
Flank pain, fever, chills, occuring in patients w/ diabetes, neonates, or a malignancy.
Fungus balls or Mycetoma
Infection due to inflammation, stone reflux, neurogenic bladder, diabetes
Renal Abscess
largest cystic collection of lymphatic fluid caused by renal damage that may or may not contain septations.
Lymphocele
Perinephric fluid collection that is larger then a urinoma or renal abscess.
Lymphocele
Complex mass with septations, "dirty shadows", thick irreg walls with enhancement.
Renal Abscess
Anechoic fluid escaped from vessels and leaked into surrounding tissues outside the kidney.
Urinoma
Well defined, smooth tumor that creates "stellate scar"
Oncocytoma
Adenoma that grows very fast and cannot be distinquished from Renal cell CA.
Oncocytoma
List the 3 solid benign renal masses:
Adenoma,
Oncocytoma,
Angiomyolipoma
aka "Renal Hamartoma"
Angiomyolipoma
Usually located near lower pole of kidney that come from renal injuries, surgeries, tumor, calc erosion, or ureteral obstruction.
Urinoma
A highly vascular tumor that attenuates sound less then 3cm found incidentally.
Adenoma
A highly vascular tumor that attenuates sound less then 3cm found incidentally.
Adenoma
Painless hematuria thats asymptomatic & benign counterpart to Renal cell CA
Renal Adenoma
Painless hematuria thats asymptomatic & benign counterpart to Renal cell CA
Renal Adenoma
The most common benign Kidney mass
Adenoma
The most common benign Kidney mass
Adenoma
Benign renal mass found in the cortex.
Adenoma & Angiomyolipoma
Benign renal mass found in the cortex.
Adenoma & Angiomyolipoma
"Hemangioma of the kidney"
Angiomyolipoma
"Hemangioma of the kidney"
Angiomyolipoma
What are 3 types of solid malignant renal masses?
Renal Cell CA,
Transitional Cell CA,
Nephroblastoma
aka "HyperNephroma" or "AdenoCarcinoma"
Renal Cell Carcinoma
The most common primary malignant tumor of the Kidney.
Renal Cell CA
Malignant Cortical Tumor, that's unilateral, more common in men, and get gross hematuria/pain when large.
Renal Cell Carcinoma
Tumor that spreads by way of Renal Vein so must always check IVC. Most likely to spread to lungs. Can get a clot in RV.
Renal Cell Carcinoma
What stage of Renal Cell CA is it when the tumor is confined w/in the capsule?
Stage 1
What stage of Renal Cell CA is it when the tumor is in the lymph nodes or venous structures?
Stage 3
What stage of Renal Cell CA is it when the tumor has invaded adjacent organs and metastasized?
Stage 4
What stage of Renal Cell CA is it when the tumor has invaded perinephric fat?
Stage 2 Renal Cell CA
Malignant tumor of the renal collecting system of renal pelvis, ureter, & bladder.
Transitional Cell CA
Most commonly found in the bladder and the symptoms are the same as Renal Cell CA, gross hematuria.
Transitional Cell CA
Mimics a blood clot/abscess and in the center of the kidney, so small, hard to detect.
Transitional Cell CA
aka "Wilms Tumor"
Nephroblastoma
The most common solid kidney/abdominal tumor found in children.
Nephroblastoma
Associated with Beckwith- Wiedemann Syndrome that can metastasize to nodes, liver, and lungs.
Nephroblastoma,

"Wilms Tumor"
Where is a transplanted kidney placed in body?
Retroperitoneum w/in Iliac Fossa, anterior to psoas & Iliac Veins.
What is the RA attached to during a kidney transplant?
External Iliac Artery
What is the RV attached to during a kidney transplant?
Internal Iliac Vein
What is the ureter attached to during a renal transplant?
The bladder
What are complications associated w/a renal transplant?
Fever, inc creatinine levels, fluid around kidney, Rejection, drug nephrotoxicity, Infection, obstruction, ATN, Risk Malignancy
What are signs of renal rejection?
Enlarged/incr echogenicity,
Hyperechoic cortex,
Distorsion of renal outline,
Patchy sonolucent areas w/in cortex & Medulla
Type of rejection that causes renal tubules to shut down from an arterial obstruction.
Acute Tubular Necrosis
Loss of blood, decrease renal bp, renal shutdown, Renal parenchyma unchanged are related to what?
Acute tubular necrosis (ATN)
#1 cause of Renal Failure during a transplant that affects the filtration process.
acute tubular necrosis
#1 complication of a renal transplant.
Infection
The bladder wall should not be more then ____mm or ____mm distended.
5-6mm, 3mm distended
Bladder calculi are asymptomatic unless what happens?
enter upper urinary tract & pass into the bladder, or if a cathetor is used over long period of time.
More common in females, ascending UTI, get during pregnancy, or their is coital trauma.
Cystitis
If cystitis is in males, what contrbutes to this?
Prostatic disease
Causes frequency, dysuria, low abd pain over bladder. There is also thickening of bl wall, or fluid/pus w/in bladder.
Cystitis
Pouchlike invagination of the bladder wall -- "outpouching"
Diverticulum
Occurs due to cystitis or bladder neck obstruction and usually on lateral walls. causes UTI's.
Diverticulum
Dilatation of the urethra due to an obstruction in male infants discovered in 1st yr of life.
PUV -- 75% discovered in 1st yr of life
aka "keyhole sign"
Posterior Urethral Valves
Thick bladder wall, hydroureters, possible hydronephrosis with this condition.
PUV
congenital anomolies, diabetes, infection, trauma, cns tumors, spina bifida cause this condition.
Neurogenic Bladder
Hematuria, Dysuria, Frequency/urgency are symptoms of what condition?
Neurogenic Bladder
What are 3 main neoplasms of the bladder?
Papilloma,
Squamous cell CA,
Transitional Cell CA
Metastasis
What do you look for in the bladder?
Focal thickening of bladder wall or masses projecting into bladder.
Painless hematuria with blood clots
Transitional cell CA
Rare, benign bladder tumor attached to the bladder wall by a stalk -- like a polyp.
Papilloma
Largest, most aggressive malignant bladder tumor that occurs in men in 50's that causes infections & stones.
squamous cell CA
Primary bladder CA that lines the renal pelvis, ureter, & bladder. Originates in bladder.
Transitional cell CA
Tumor that occurs in 95% of all bladders; get blood in urine.
Transitional Cell CA
"in pouching of the bladder"
"balloon like dilatation of the ureter protruding into bladder wall.
Bladder Ureterocele
Congenital abnormality that can br associated w/ duplication of renal collecting system.
Bladder Ureterocele
Segment btwn bladder & umbilicus fails to close this is formed and isn't part of the bladder.
Urachal Cyst or
"Urachal diverticulum" or
"Urachal Sinus"
Asymptomatic tubular Cyst on anterior dome of bladder that can extend up to the patients umbilicus.
Urachal Cyst