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Hydronephrosis

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Definition: Abnormal enlargement or swelling of a KIDNEY due to dilation of the KIDNEY CALICES and the KIDNEY PELVIS. It is often associated with obstruction of the URETER or chronic kidney diseases that prevents normal drainage of urine into the URINARY BLADDER.     
Examples Pyonephrosis 		Other names Hydronephroses
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Multicystic renal dysplasia, bilateral  0   *Hydronephrosis/congenital *Ureteral Obstruction *Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney.
Urethral obstruction sequence  0   *Constriction, Pathologic *Hydronephrosis *Prune Belly Syndrome *Urethral Obstruction *Oligohydramnios *Peripheral Vascular Diseases.

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