• The male urinary tract within the outline of male body, which includes kidney, ureter, bladder, prostate and urethra. (nih.gov)
  • Your urinary system includes the kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra. (mayoclinic.org)
  • 9 cases with upper moiety dilation showed complete duplication of the pelvicalyceal systems and ureters, among them 3 cases with ectopic ureteric insertion into the upper vagina, bladder neck and posterior urethra, one case with normal ureteric insertion and vesicoureteric reflux and the other 5 cases with terminal ureteric ureteroceles. (scirp.org)
  • The organs of the urinary system include kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra. (clevelandclinic.org)
  • The kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra make up the urinary system. (clevelandclinic.org)
  • Many conditions can affect your ureters, kidneys, bladder and urethra. (clevelandclinic.org)
  • Urinary tract infections and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) can cause issues with your kidneys, urethra or bladder. (clevelandclinic.org)
  • Intraoperative findings were horseshoe kidney with right intrarenal pelvis with right small ureter joining left ureter just distal to narrowed left pelviureteric junction and forming single common ureter draining both moieties of horse shoe kidney. (pediatricurologycasereports.com)
  • A CT scan revealed the mass at the distal ends of the left ureter with no lymphatic or distant metastasis. (hindawi.com)
  • A CT scan showed a small tumor at the distal one-third of the left ureter with dilation of the upper ureter and ipsilateral renal pelvis. (hindawi.com)
  • A cystoscopic examination revealed a tumor in the left ureter. (hindawi.com)
  • Specifically, the cecum, appendix, and ascending colon lie over the right ureter, and the descending and sigmoid colon lie over the left ureter. (medscape.com)
  • The left ureter was normal but there was a moderate stenosis in the right ureter and a double-pigtail ureteral stent was placed. (medscape.com)
  • Renal trauma includes hemorrhage, urinoma, loss of function of kidney, pseudoaneurysm formation, arteriovenous fistula (rare), renal hypertension, and obstruction of collecting system and renal artery aneurysm (pseudo). (medscape.com)
  • Horseshoe kidney is usually asymptomatic but association with ureteropelvic junction obstruction, infection, and urolithiasis has been frequently reported and other rare associations including polycystic horseshoe kidney, malignancies, and vascular anomalies have been reported. (pediatricurologycasereports.com)
  • Urology addresses diseases of kidney (and urinary tract) anatomy: these include cancer, renal cysts, kidney stones and ureteral stones, and urinary tract obstruction. (wikipedia.org)
  • Reflux that is secondary to high bladder pressures such as those occurring in patients with posterior urethral valves (PUV) or bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) is frequently associated with kidney injury. (medscape.com)
  • Background: Incomplete ureteric duplication can be associated with either ureteropelvic obstruction involving the lower moiety or reflux between the ureters (yo-yo reflux). (scirp.org)
  • Pathologic variants of the ureter are also prevalent and can manifest as urinary obstruction, renal failure, and infection. (medscape.com)
  • Association of choledochal cyst along with horseshoe kidney with a single system ureter seems to be first case to be reported in literature to best of our knowledge. (pediatricurologycasereports.com)
  • To document the array of diagnostic modalities, the variety of errant diagnoses and treatments, and the time from initial presentation to ultimate diagnosis in girls with an ectopic single-system ureter draining an ectopic hypoplastic and/or dysplastic kidney. (elsevierpure.com)
  • An ectopic kidney may remain in the pelvis, near the bladder. (nih.gov)
  • Between 1990 and 1997, seven females were identified who had an ectopic hypoplastic and/or dysplastic kidney with an ectopically draining ureter, and who were treated at our institutions, either initially or upon referral. (elsevierpure.com)
  • When the initial evaluation yields the diagnosis of a solitary kidney, clinicians should be aware of the possibility of a hypoplastic and/or dysplastic, often ectopic, contralateral kidney with an ectopically draining ureter. (elsevierpure.com)
  • Ectopic ureter occurs when the ureter drains to an abnormally located (ectopic) orifice. (medscape.com)
  • Kidney stones are a hard, solid mass of minerals or salts that accumulate in the kidneys. (medicinenet.com)
  • Kidney stones are made from hard crystals that accumulate in the kidneys when there is too much solid waste in the urine and not enough liquid to wash it out. (news-medical.net)
  • The incidence of renal pelvis cancer associated with horseshoe kidney has been estimated at 19.8% and renal cell carcinoma has accounted for approximately 50.0% of malignancies found in horseshoe kidney. (pediatricurologycasereports.com)
  • Ureters are paired muscular tubes that run from the renal pelvis to the bladder and travel through retroperitoneal connective tissue in a serpentine fashion. (medscape.com)
  • From the renal pelvis to the iliac vessels, the ureter is referred to as the abdominal ureter. (medscape.com)
  • These two thin tubes inside your pelvis carry pee from your kidneys to your bladder. (clevelandclinic.org)
  • In the fetus, kidneys first develop in the pelvis and then move up and rotate into their normal location in the upper abdomen. (merckmanuals.com)
  • The size of the tumor had decreased 3 months after the treatment, and dilation of the ureter and renal pelvis improved. (hindawi.com)
  • Premature bifurcation may lead to incomplete duplication of the ureter or bifid pelvis. (medscape.com)
  • The ureters course medial to the sacroiliac joint and then curve laterally in the pelvis. (medscape.com)
  • The ureter enters the pelvis, where it crosses anteriorly to the iliac vessels, which usually occurs at the bifurcation of the common iliac artery into the internal and external iliac arteries. (medscape.com)
  • We performed an abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan to rule-out mass lesions that could possibly displace the right ureter. (medscape.com)
  • A patient with a duplication anomaly may have bifid ureters (partial or incomplete duplication) or two ureters that empty separately into the bladder (complete duplication). (medscape.com)
  • Duplex kidney drains into single, bifid, or double ureters. (scirp.org)
  • At the bladder, each ureter passes through an opening in the bladder wall, which closes when the bladder contracts to prevent urine from flowing back into the ureter (reflux). (msdmanuals.com)
  • Developmental abnormalities of the ureter encompass a wide range of disorders. (medscape.com)
  • The ureters run through 3 natural areas of narrowing: the ureteropelvic junction, the crossing of the iliac vessels, and the ureterovesical junction (UVJ). (medscape.com)
  • The ovarian vessels travel in the suspensory ligament of the ovary (infundibulopelvic ligament) and cross the ureter anteriorly and lateral to the iliac vessels. (medscape.com)
  • In humans, the kidneys are two reddish-brown bean-shaped blood-filtering organs that are a multilobar multipapillary form of mammalian kidney, usually without signs of external lobulation. (wikipedia.org)
  • Two kidneys (blood-filtering organs). (clevelandclinic.org)
  • Kidneys The kidneys are bean-shaped organs that figure prominently in the urinary tract. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The human kidney is a bean-shaped structure with a convex and a concave border. (wikipedia.org)
  • Your kidneys are bean-shaped organs about the size of your fist (see Figure 1), located near the middle of your back. (mskcc.org)
  • As stones move into your ureters - the thin tubes that allow urine to pass from your kidneys to your bladder - signs and symptoms can result. (mayoclinic.org)
  • Reflux-induced kidney injury may range from clinically silent focal scars to generalized scarring and renal atrophy (reflux nephropathy), which may lead to morbidity during pregnancy, renin-mediated hypertension, renal insufficiency, and even end-stage renal disease. (medscape.com)
  • Results: 9 cases with upper moiety dilation showed complete duplication of the pelvicalyceal systems and ureters and 1 case with dilated upper moiety showed incomplete ureteric duplication in which the diagnosis of Yo-yo reflux was confirmed by color duplex ultrasound in addition to the intravenous pyelography findings. (scirp.org)
  • Conclusion: The presence of antegrade/retrograde flow within the dilated moiety of a duplex kidney during color duplex study in addition to the intravenous pyelography findings can confirm the diagnosis of yo-yo reflux. (scirp.org)
  • Kidney infections can lead to serious complications, such as sepsis , which involves an infection entering the bloodstream. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • A renal (REE-nul) ultrasound uses sound waves to make images of the kidneys, ureters, and bladder. (kidshealth.org)
  • During the scan, an ultrasound machine sends sound waves into the kidney area and images are recorded on a computer. (kidshealth.org)
  • Kidney stones (also called renal calculi, nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis) are hard deposits made of minerals and salts that form inside your kidneys. (mayoclinic.org)
  • The rest of the urinary tract consists of the following: Two ureters (the tubes connecting each kidney to the bladder) The bladder (an expandable muscular. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Pee travels out of the kidneys through the ureters (pronounced: YUR-uh-ters) to be stored in the bladder (a muscular sac in the lower belly). (kidshealth.org)
  • An understanding of the anatomic relations of the ureters is critical to the practice of urology, as well as to the disciplines of gynecologic, vascular, and general surgery. (medscape.com)
  • Download Media Please credit each image as: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health. (nih.gov)
  • Nephrology is the medical specialty which addresses diseases of kidney function: these include CKD, nephritic and nephrotic syndromes, acute kidney injury, and pyelonephritis. (wikipedia.org)
  • and kidney biopsy and CT scan to evaluate for abnormal anatomy. (wikipedia.org)
  • CT scan demonstrates polycystic kidneys with fusion of the lower poles. (medscape.com)
  • Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been recognized as a leading public health problem worldwide. (wikipedia.org)
  • 5. eGFR =30 mL/min/1.73 m2 at screening, as per the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation. (who.int)
  • Plain film of the abdomen revealing a radiopaque staghorn calculus involving the entire pelvicalyceal system of the right kidney (arrows). (medscape.com)
  • The kidneys are located toward the back of the upper abdomen. (mayoclinic.org)
  • You have two kidneys, one on either side of the back of your abdomen, just below your rib cage. (clevelandclinic.org)
  • Urine formed in the kidneys flows through the ureters into the bladder, but it does not flow passively. (msdmanuals.com)
  • After surgery, pee flows from your kidneys through your ureters and ileal conduit and out of your stoma. (medicinenet.com)
  • Only 6% of patients with GU trauma have ureteral injuries, probably due to the small size and mobility of the ureter, along with the protection provided by the psoas muscle posteriorly, the abdominal viscera anteriorly, and the vertebral column medially. (medscape.com)
  • The ureter is located anterior to the psoas and close to the posterior aspect of the peritoneum. (medtronic.com)
  • The ureter then continues anteriorly on the psoas major muscle, crossing under the gonadal vein at the level of the inferior pole of the kidney. (medscape.com)
  • Defects can develop in the Kidneys-the two organs that filter waste from. (merckmanuals.com)
  • Types of Kidney Defects There are several different birth defects that affect the kidneys (the two organs that filter waste from the blood to make urine). (merckmanuals.com)
  • Multidetector CT scanners can provide even greater image resolution, along with the possibility of CT angiography of the kidneys. (medscape.com)
  • Relaxing the ureter could help stones move through the tube more easily, the researchers say. (news-medical.net)
  • It can also move into the tube that connects your kidney to your bladder . (webmd.com)
  • They have identified a combination of two drugs that relax the walls of the ureter -- the tube that connects the kidneys to the bladder -- and can be delivered directly to the ureter with a catheter-like instrument. (news-medical.net)
  • The functional substance, or parenchyma, of the human kidney is divided into two major structures: the outer renal cortex and the inner renal medulla. (wikipedia.org)
  • One case was a female child aged 5 years was presented with localized cyst related to the upper pole of the right kidney The kidney showed duplex pelvicalyceal system and the cyst related to the upper pole showed no arterial or venous flow pattern and seen representing mildly dilated upper moiety of the duplex pelviclayceal system ( Figure 2 ). (scirp.org)
  • This surgery repositions the ureters in the bladder. (uvahealth.com)
  • During reversal surgery, the surgeon will reconnect the ends of your intestines and close the opening in your belly or reconnect your ureters to your bladder. (medicinenet.com)
  • This guide will help you get ready for your nephrectomy (surgery to remove your kidney) or adrenalectomy (surgery to remove your adrenal glands) at MSK. (mskcc.org)
  • The ureter serves as a critical landmark and is intimately involved with other vessels and organs, making accidental ureteral injury a dreaded consequence of surgery (see the image below). (medscape.com)
  • Adult kidneys are well protected by the rib cage and the vertebral column, but lateral forces can compress them between these structures, leading to injury. (medscape.com)
  • Each adult kidney is about the size of a fist. (kidshealth.org)
  • Each adult human kidney contains around 1 million nephrons, while a mouse kidney contains only about 12,500 nephrons. (wikipedia.org)
  • Patients with adult polycystic kidney disease, usually develop renal failure after 40 years of age. (medscape.com)