Urinary system

• mesonephros
  13 June 2008

  Definition: The mesonephros (Latin for "middle kidney") is one of three excretory organs that develop in vertebrates (after pronephros and before metanephros).
  The mesonephros serves as the main excretory organ of aquatic vertebrates and as a temporary kidney in higher vertebrates.
  The mesonephros is included in the Wolffian body after Caspar Friedrich Wolff who described it in 1759. The Wolffian body is composed of the mesonephros and the paramesonephrotic blastema.
  The mesonephros is (...)

• extrarenal nephrogenic rests
  27 March 2008

  heterotopic nephrogenic rests, extra-renal heterotopic nephrogenic rests

• Bilateral Hydroureter
  6 March 2008

  hydroureter is defined as a dilation of the ureter
  see also megaureter
  megaureter is a descriptive term aptly applied to the ureter that is dilated out of proportion to the rest of the urinary tract

• bilateral renal pelvis dilatation
  6 March 2008

  The exact RPD that is accepted as normal is still being debated in the literature. However most would agree that greater than 10 mm is more likely to have a poor prognosis. Between 4 and 10 mm, it is more difficult to accurately predict the outcome.

• nephrogenic adenoma
  28 September 2007, by JA

  Definition: Nephrogenic adenoma (NA) is a rare benign lesion of the urinary tract. Although its histogenesis is still debated, several reports suggest that the lesion has a renal tubular cell origin or differentiation.
  Nephrogenic adenoma is a benign lesion that may occur at any site of the genitourinary tract, usually in association with previous urothelial injuries.
  Although its pathogenesis is still debated, recent studies seem to confirm its derivation from renal tubular epithelium, (...)

• urethral agenesis
  10 May 2007

  Case records
  Case record 10087: Urethral agenesis in caudal regression sequence
  Case record 10783: Urethral agenesis in caudal regression sequence (vaginal atresia, anal atresia)
  See also
  fetal urethral anomalies urethral malformations urethral atresia

• urinary agenesis
  10 May 2007

  Synopsis
  urethral agenesis
  vesical agenesis (bladder agenesis)
  bilateral ureteral agenesis
  bilateral renal agenesis
  Case records
  Case 10783
  See also
  feta urinary anomalies urinary malformations

• non-syndromal urinary malformations
  21 March 2007

  nonsyndromic defects in the urinary tract

• congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract
  20 March 2007

  Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT)

• urinary development
  27 November 2006

  development of urinary system

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