Renal & Urinary Flashcards
What is azotemia?
Elevated blood urea nitrogen and creatinine
What is uremia?
Elevated blood urea nitrogen
What is nocturia?
Frequent urination at night
What is pyuria?
Pus in urine
What is polyuria?
Excessive volume of urine
What is oliguria?
Abnormally small volume of urine
What is cystitis?
Inflammation of the bladder
What are S&S of cystitis?
- pain
- frequency, urgency
- hematuria
What is the sono app of cystitis?
- normal
- focal/diffuse wall thickening
- lumen echoes- layering
The bladder wall is considered thickened when it is over
3 mm
What are causes of bladder wall thickening?
- muscular hypertrophy
- tumor
- infection
- under distended bladder
What is the sono app of bladder wall thickening?
Focal/diffuse increased thickness
What is bladder diverticulum?
- bladder wall defect
- pouch, pocket or sac that protrudes out of the bladder
What is the typical cause of bladder diverticulum?
Outlet obstructions
What are S&S of bladder diverticulum?
- retention
- UTI
- hematuria
- abdominal distention
What is the sono app of bladder diverticulum?
- solitary or multiple areas of discontinuity of wall
- anechoic fluid filled pocket outside of bladder wall
- cystoscopy
What is a lower tract calculi?
Focal calcification in the collecting system
What are the S&S of lower tract calculi?
- asymp
- obstructing: pain, hematuria
What is the sono app of lower tract calculi?
- focal, echogenic mass
- shadowing
- obstructive hydro, distended ureter
- mobile if in bladder
What is a urinary hematoma?
Localized collection of blood within lower urinary tract
What is the sono app of urinary hematoma?
- low-level echoes
- focal, mass like
- layering dependent on gravity
What is urinary adenoma?
Benign growth of glandular tissue, AKA bladder polyp
What are S&S of adenoma?
- asymp
- painless hematuria
What is the sono app of adenoma?
- focal lumen mass
- irregular wall thickening
- variable size/echogenicity
What is transitional cell carcinoma?
Primary malignant epithelial tumor
Where does transitional cell carcinoma originate?
Collecting system
What are S&S of transitional cell carcinoma?
- asymp
- painless hematuria
What is the sono app of transitional cell carcinoma?
- focal lumen mass
- irregular wall thickening
- echogenic ureteral mass
- variable echogenicity
- obstructive hydro
How does metastatic disease to the bladder typically occur?
By direct extension to the bladder
What are S&S of metastatic disease to the bladder?
- asymp
- with obstruction: pain, oliguria
What is the sono app of metastatic disease?
- focal lumen mass
- irregular wall thickening
- echogenic ureteral mass
- variable echogenicity
- obstructive hydro
What is Column of Bertin?
- continuity of renal cortex
- inward extension of cortex between renal pyramids
What is the sono app of Column of Bertin?
- no change in sinus fat composition
- prominent cortical tissue in medulla
- easily mistaken for cortical mass
What is dromedary hump?
- lateral cortical thickening
- typically midpole
What is the sono app of dromedary hump?
- normal vascularity
- normal echogenicity/comp
- bulging from outer border of cortex
- easily mistaken for cortical mass
What is junctional parenchymal defect?
Results from partial fusion of the embryonic parenchymatous structues
What is the sono app of junctional parenchymal defect?
- triangular or linear hyperechoic structure
- anterosuperior or posteroinferior surface of kidney
What is persistent fetal lobulation?
Contour lobulations past 5 years old
What is the sono app of persistent fetal lobulation?
- multiple smooth cortical lobulations
- anterior surface
What is horseshoe kidney?
Lower poles of bilateral kidneys are fused
What is horseshoe kidney associated with?
Improper ascent and malrotation, stones
What is the most common fusion anomaly?
Horseshoe kidney
What is the midline connection of horseshoe kidneys called?
Isthmus
What is the sono app of horseshoe kidney?
- lies lower than normal kidneys
- mistaken for lymphadenopathy
- renal pelvis anteriorly rotated
What is renal agenesis?
Total failure of kidney and ureter to develop in utero
Renal agenesis is more common in
Males
Bilateral vs unilateral renal agenesis
Bilateral: incompatible with life
Unilateral: more common, normal prognosis
What is supernumerary kidney?
- Abnormal division during embryology
- Complete duplication of kidney
- Separate vascular supply, collecting system & parenchyma
What is the sono app of supernumerary kidney?
- lower than typical kidneys
- normal echogenicity and vascularity
What is duplex collecting system?
Two separate collecting systems with 2 separate ureters
What is extrarenal pelvis?
- Chamber where urine forming ducts meet before ureter
- Dilation of extra renal pelvis
- Calyces are unaffected
What is the most common congenital renal anomaly?
Extrarenal pelvis
What is the sono app of extrarenal pelvis?
- Cystic like region within pelvis
- Does not extend into ureter or calyces
What can extrarenal pelvis be mistaken for?
Hydronephrosis or cyst
What is ectopic kidney?
- Kidney fails to ascend
- Congenital shortening of ureter
When does kidney ascent occur?
Between 12-15 weeks gestation
What can ectopic kidney result in?
Infections, blockage, failure
What is the sono app of ectopic kidney?
Normal appearance but located in pelvis
What is crossed fused renal ectopia?
Bilateral kidneys are fused and located on one side, kidneys fuse in pelvis before ascent
Who is crossed fused renal ectopia more common in?
Males
What is renal malrotation?
- Renal hilum faces wrong direction
- Uni or bilateral
What is the normal direction of the renal hilum?
Anteriomedial
What is the sono app of renal malrotation?
- normal echogenicity
- hilum not orientated anteriomedially
What is kidney hypoplasia?
- Abnormally small
- Renal function proportional to renal size
- Small collecting system
- Narrowed ureters/vessels
What are S&S of unilateral hypoplasia?
- asymp
- hypertension
What are S&S of bilateral hypoplasia?
- severe clinical symptoms
- renal insufficiency
What is the sono app of hypoplasia?
Small, hyperechoic
What is unilateral multicystic dysplastic kidney?
- Non-hereditary, pedi condition
- Cysts grow instead of renal tissue, non-functional
What is the MC form of cystic disease and the MC palpable mass in neonates?
Unilateral multicystic dysplastic kidney
Bilateral multicystic dysplastic kidney is
Incompatible with life
What are S&S of unilateral multicystic dysplastic kidney?
- polyuria
- HTN
- infection
- assoc with risk of malignancy
What is the sono app of unilateral multicystic dysplastic kidney?
- multiple cysts of varying size
- no renal parenchyma surrounding cysts
- enlarged kidney in childen
- small kidney in adults
What is medullary sponge kidney?
- Rare, non-hereditary disease
- Small cysts form either on tubules or the collecting ducts
Who is medullary sponge kidney MC in?
Children