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Preferred term

Hydronephrosis  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Scope note

  • Abnormal enlargement or swelling of a KIDNEY due to dilation of the KIDNEY CALICES and the KIDNEY PELVIS. It is often associated with obstruction of the URETER or chronic kidney diseases that prevents normal drainage of urine into the URINARY BLADDER.

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • hydronephrosis
  • hydronephrosis alia sive non specificata
  • muu tai määrittämätön vesimunuainen
  • vesimunuainen
  • Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006869

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