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| Unilateral Renal Agencies |
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| Is a rare anomaly that may be associated with a variety of other congenital malformations |
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| The third kidney is usually small and rudimentary and possesses a separate pelvis, ureter, and blood supply |
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| Often appears as a miniature replica of a normal kidney, with good function and a normal relationship between the amount of parenchyma and the size of the collecting duct |
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| Is an acquired condition that develops when one kidney is forced to perform the function normally carried out by two kidneys |
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| Malrotation of one or both kidneys |
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| May produce a bizarre appearance of the renal parenchyma, calyces, and pelvis that suggests a pathologic condition |
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| Abnormally positioned kidneys |
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| Most common type of fusion anomaly, both kidneys are malrotated, and their lower poles are joined by a band of normal renal parenchyma or connective tissue |
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| Duplication (Duplex Kidney) |
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| A common anomaly that may vary from a simple bifid pelvis to a completely double pelvis ureter and ureterovesical |
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| Is a suppurative inflammation of the kidney and renal pelvis caused by pyogenic bacteria |
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| Inflammation of the urinary bladder, caused by inadvertent spread of bacteria present in fecal material, which reaches the urinary opening and travels upward to the bladder |
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| They are asymptomatic until they lodge in the ureter and cause partial obstruction, resulting in extreme pain that radiates from the area of the kidney to the groin |
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| The most common unifocal masses of the kidney, They are fluid filled and usually unilocular, although septa sometimes divide the cyst into chambers |
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| Polycystic Kidney Disease |
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| Is an inherited disorder in which multiple cysts of varying size cause lobulated enlargement of the kidneys and progressive renal impairment |
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| Is the most common renal neoplasm, the tumor usually originates in the tubular epithelium of the renal cortex |
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| Is the most common abdominal neoplasm of infancy and childhood, The lesion arises from embryonic renal tissue |
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| Most commonly originates in the epithelium |
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