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  2. Pelvic kidney - Wikipedia

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    A pelvic kidney, also known as an ectopic kidney, is a normal kidney located in the pelvis, instead of the abdomen. This occurs when a kidney does not ascend from its original location in the pelvis to its final location during prenatal development. They usually present no symptoms, but can increase risk of certain illnesses and healthcare problems

  3. Renal pelvis - Wikipedia

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    The renal pelvis is the location of several kinds of kidney cancer and is affected by infection in pyelonephritis. [citation needed] A large "staghorn" kidney stone may block all or part of the renal pelvis. The size of the renal pelvis plays a major role in the grading of hydronephrosis.

  4. Ectopic kidney - Wikipedia

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    An ectopic kidney is a kidney that is not located in its usual position . This condition results from the kidney failing to ascend from its origin in the true pelvis or from a superiorly ascended kidney located in the thorax. [1] It has an incidence of approximately 1/900. [2]

  5. Hydronephrosis - Wikipedia

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    Hydronephrosis describes hydrostatic dilation of the renal pelvis and calyces as a result of obstruction to urine flow downstream. Alternatively, hydroureter describes the dilation of the ureter, and hydronephroureter describes the dilation of the entire upper urinary tract (both the renal pelvicalyceal system and the ureter).

  6. What Is Pelvic Floor Dysfunction in Men? Causes, Symptoms ...

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    Your pelvic floor muscles provide support to the organs in your pelvis, including your intestines, bladder and urethra. These muscles span across the floor of your pelvis in a hammock-like shape.

  7. 14 Things That Might Be Causing Pain in Your Lower Left Abdomen

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    Kidney problems. Kidney stones or ... Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID): ... Prostatitis: Inflammation of the prostate can cause discomfort in the lower abdomen, pelvis, or perineum.

  8. Pyelonephritis - Wikipedia

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    Acute pyelonephritis is an exudative purulent localized inflammation of the renal pelvis (collecting system) and kidney. The kidney parenchyma presents in the interstitium abscesses (suppurative necrosis), consisting in purulent exudate (pus): neutrophils, fibrin, cell debris and central germ colonies (hematoxylinophils). Tubules are damaged by ...

  9. Pelvis - Wikipedia

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    The same human pelvis, front imaged by X-ray (top), magnetic resonance imaging (middle), and 3-dimensional computed tomography (bottom). The pelvis (pl.: pelves or pelvises) is the lower part of an anatomical trunk, [1] between the abdomen and the thighs (sometimes also called pelvic region), together with its embedded skeleton [2] (sometimes also called bony pelvis or pelvic skeleton).