GU Flashcards
What is the size of normal kidneys?
9-15 cm
What is the echogenicity of the normal kidney?
Equal or slightly less then liver and spleen
What is a dromedary hump?
Bulge on left kidney as a result of adaptation to the adjacent spleen
Potters sequence? Insult?
Insult maybe Ace-I. Kidneys don’t form. Results in pulmonary hypoplasia
If there is renal agenesis what else is related in women?
Unicornuate uterus (70% will have some gyn path)
If there is renal agenesis what else is related in men?
20% absence of the ipsilateral epididymis and vas deferense +/- ipsilateral seminal vesicle cyst. Absent ipsilateral hemi-trigone
What is Mayer-Rokitansky-kuster-hauser?
Mullerian duct anomalies:
Absense or atresia of the uterus
Unilateral renal agenesis
Associations with Horseshoe kidney?
Turners 8x increase in wilms risk TCC (from infections) Renal carcinoid Trauma UPJ obstruction, stones, infection
Where is the ectopic kidney in cross fused ectopia?
Inferior
Can RCC have fat in it?
Yes! Especially clear cell subtype. Look for calcifications. If not think AML.
Most common subtype of RCC.
Clear cell
What is clear cell RCC associated with? How does it enhance?
Avid Enhancement. VHL.
What is the second most common RCC type?
Papillary
How does papillary RCC enhance? What is it assoicated with?
Homogenous but not more then cortex. Hereditary papillary renal carcinoma
What RCC is assoicated with SS trait?
Medullary.