Difference between revisions of "Kidney"

From Libre Pathology
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 34: Line 34:
===General===
===General===
*Associated with:
*Associated with:
**[[Beckwidth-Wiedemann syndrome]].
**[[Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome]].<ref name=pmid17172498>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Dotto | first1 = J. | last2 = Reyes-Múgica | first2 = M. | title = Renal medullary dysplasia is diagnostic of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. | journal = Int J Surg Pathol | volume = 15 | issue = 1 | pages = 60-1 | month = Jan | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1177/1066896906295685 | PMID = 17172498 }}</ref>
**[[Placenta|Placental]] insufficiency.<ref name=pmid19297558>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Sparrow | first1 = DB. | last2 = Boyle | first2 = SC. | last3 = Sams | first3 = RS. | last4 = Mazuruk | first4 = B. | last5 = Zhang | first5 = L. | last6 = Moeckel | first6 = GW. | last7 = Dunwoodie | first7 = SL. | last8 = de Caestecker | first8 = MP. | title = Placental insufficiency associated with loss of Cited1 causes renal medullary dysplasia. | journal = J Am Soc Nephrol | volume = 20 | issue = 4 | pages = 777-86 | month = Apr | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1681/ASN.2008050547 | PMID = 19297558 }}</ref>
**[[Placenta|Placental]] insufficiency.<ref name=pmid19297558>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Sparrow | first1 = DB. | last2 = Boyle | first2 = SC. | last3 = Sams | first3 = RS. | last4 = Mazuruk | first4 = B. | last5 = Zhang | first5 = L. | last6 = Moeckel | first6 = GW. | last7 = Dunwoodie | first7 = SL. | last8 = de Caestecker | first8 = MP. | title = Placental insufficiency associated with loss of Cited1 causes renal medullary dysplasia. | journal = J Am Soc Nephrol | volume = 20 | issue = 4 | pages = 777-86 | month = Apr | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1681/ASN.2008050547 | PMID = 19297558 }}</ref>



Revision as of 03:44, 5 January 2012

The kidney is an important organ in the abdomen that does the following:

  • Water balance & blood pressure regulation,
  • Acid-base balance,
  • Removes toxins/cleans the blood, and
  • Produces hormones (e.g. erythropoietin).

Tumours

This is mostly the domain of urology.

This article cover the common renal tumours:

  • [[Renal cell carcinoma].
  • Oncocytoma.
  • Most other tumours... except urothelial tumours are dealt with in the urothelium article.

Pediatric tumours are covered in pediatric renal tumours.

Medical kidney diseases

This is almost a specialty for itself. Lots of interaction with nephrologists.

Developmental

Multicystic renal dysplasia

General

  • Most common cause of abdominal mass in newborns.[1]
  • Subtype of renal dysplasia.[1]

Microscopic

Features:

  • Cysts.
  • Abnormal stroma.

Renal medullary dysplasia

General

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 URL: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/982560-overview. Accessed on: 4 January 2012.
  2. Dotto, J.; Reyes-Múgica, M. (Jan 2007). "Renal medullary dysplasia is diagnostic of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome.". Int J Surg Pathol 15 (1): 60-1. doi:10.1177/1066896906295685. PMID 17172498.
  3. Sparrow, DB.; Boyle, SC.; Sams, RS.; Mazuruk, B.; Zhang, L.; Moeckel, GW.; Dunwoodie, SL.; de Caestecker, MP. (Apr 2009). "Placental insufficiency associated with loss of Cited1 causes renal medullary dysplasia.". J Am Soc Nephrol 20 (4): 777-86. doi:10.1681/ASN.2008050547. PMID 19297558.