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  2. Hydronephrosis - Wikipedia

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    Hydronephrosis due to a kidney stone at the ureteral vesicular junction seen on CT scan. Prenatal diagnosis is possible, [9] and in fact, most cases in pediatric patients are incidentally detected by routine screening ultrasounds obtained during pregnancy. [10]

  3. Vesicoureteral reflux - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Urine normally travels in one direction (forward, or anterograde) from the kidneys to the bladder via the ureters, with a one-way valve at the vesicoureteral (ureteral-bladder) junction preventing backflow. The valve is formed by oblique tunneling of the distal ureter through the wall of the bladder, creating a short length of ureter (1 ...

  4. Ureter - Wikipedia

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    A giant ureteral stone with dimensions of approximately 6 × 5 × 4 cm and weighing 61 grams extracted from the left ureter of a 19-year-old male. A kidney stone can move from the kidney and become lodged inside the ureter, which can block the flow of urine, as well as cause a sharp cramp in the back, side, or lower abdomen. [9]

  5. Kidney stone disease - Wikipedia

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    Kidney stone disease, also known as renal calculus disease, nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis, is a crystallopathy where a solid piece of material (renal calculus) develops in the urinary tract. [2] Renal calculi typically form in the kidney and leave the body in the urine stream. [2] A small calculus may pass without causing symptoms. [2]

  6. What causes kidney stones? What does kidney stone pain ... - AOL

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    A kidney stone is a hard object, which can be as small as a grain of salt or as big as a golf ball, made from chemicals—calcium oxalate, uric acid, struvite, and cystine—found in our urine ...

  7. Bladder outlet obstruction - Wikipedia

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    Bladder outlet obstruction is included in the spectrum of congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT). CAKUT is the most common cause of birth defects, occurring in 1 out of 1000 live births, and accounts for approximately half of all cases of chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease in children. [1] [2]

  8. Excretory system - Wikipedia

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    This "pelviureteric junction" is a common site for the impaction of kidney stones (the other being the uteterovesical valve). The ureters run posteriorly on the lateral walls of the pelvis. The ureters run posteriorly on the lateral walls of the pelvis.

  9. Calculus (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    A number of important medical conditions are caused by stones: [citation needed] Nephrolithiasis (kidney stones) Can cause hydronephrosis (swollen kidneys) and kidney failure; Can predispose to pyelonephritis (kidney infections) Can progress to urolithiasis; Urolithiasis (urinary bladder stones) Can progress to bladder outlet obstruction

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