Diseases

Medullary Sponge Kidney

A non-hereditary KIDNEY disorder characterized by the abnormally dilated (ECTASIA) medullary and inner papillary portions of the collecting ducts. These collecting ducts usually contain CYSTS or DIVERTICULA filled with jelly-like material or small calculi (KIDNEY STONES) leading to infections or obstruction. It should be distinguished from congenital or hereditary POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASES.

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Abstract

A non-hereditary KIDNEY disorder characterized by the abnormally dilated (ECTASIA) medullary and inner papillary portions of the collecting ducts. These collecting ducts usually contain CYSTS or DIVERTICULA filled with jelly-like material or small calculi (KIDNEY STONES) leading to infections or obstruction. It should be distinguished from congenital or hereditary POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASES.

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19 entry terms
  • Cacchi Ricci Disease
  • Cacchi-Ricci Syndrome
  • Kidney, Sponge
  • Precalyceal Canalicular Ectasia
  • Cacchi Ricci Syndrome
  • Canalicular Ectasia, Precalyceal
  • Canalicular Ectasias, Precalyceal
  • Disease, Cacchi Ricci
  • Ectasia, Precalyceal Canalicular
  • Ectasias, Precalyceal Canalicular
  • Kidneys, Sponge
  • Medullary Sponge Kidneys
  • Precalyceal Canalicular Ectasias
  • Ricci Disease, Cacchi
  • Sponge Kidney
  • Sponge Kidney, Medullary
  • Sponge Kidneys
  • Sponge Kidneys, Medullary
  • Syndrome, Cacchi-Ricci

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2006 (1965)

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  1. C12.050.351.968w.419w.403w.500w
  2. C12.200.777w.419w.403w.500w
  3. C12.950w.419w.403w.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Medullary Sponge Kidney. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007691. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007691
  2. Medullary Sponge Kidney. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medullary_sponge_kidney
  3. Medullary Sponge Kidney. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119280