Hydronephrosis is when your kidneys swell ... The doctor also might do a diuretic renal scan to look for possible obstructions. Over the next few months, the doctor will monitor your baby ...

Our case and others reported in the literature indicate that pressure on the renal tissue develops slowly in hydronephrosis, leading to the local ischemia that stimulates erythropoietin production.

The Gerota's fascia was opened, and the giant hydronephrosis was identified and dissected intact. The renal artery and vein were clipped and cut. The dilated collecting system was punctured under ...

If a kidney has been significantly damaged, such as from hydronephrosis or cancer ... is often caused by a serious problem — such as renal vein thrombosis or bleeding into your kidney ...

All patients underwent SWL. The investigators divided patients into four groups based on their degree of hydronephrosis (as determined by renal ultrasonography). Group 0 had no urinary system ...

The right renal vein is mildly dilated (Panel C ... which is manifested by hydronephrosis. Renal stones and prominent calcification are also often present. Some calcification was seen on imaging ...

A renal punch proved to be negative. Clinicians performed a bedside ultrasound, which revealed moderate hydronephrosis affecting her right kidney. A CT intravenous pyelogram showed a lobulated ...

Extensive contiguous retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy is shown, with attenuation of the renal vasculature, hydronephrosis of the right kidney, and infiltration of the left kidney proximally (Panel ...

20 Since hydronephrosis is more common than hydronephrosis ... Erythropoietin measurements in the renal vein showed that the nonfunctioning kidney was the source of the excessive erythropoietin ...

The management of giant hydronephrosis depends on the presence or absence of sepsis, and on residual renal function in the obstructed kidney and the contra-lateral renal unit. Sepsis warrants ...