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Preferred term

Medullary Sponge Kidney  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cacchi Ricci Disease
  • Cacchi-Ricci Syndrome
  • Kidney, Sponge
  • Precalyceal Canalicular Ectasia

In other languages

  • French

  • Ectasie canaliculaire précalicielle
  • Ectasies tubulaires précalicielles
  • Maladie de Cacchi et Ricci
  • Néphrospongiose

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-R75X79CV-X

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