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... > Urogenital Diseases > Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications > Female Urogenital Diseases > Urologic Diseases > Ureteral Diseases > Ureteral Obstruction
Urogenital Diseases > Male Urogenital Diseases > Urologic Diseases > Ureteral Diseases > Ureteral Obstruction

Preferred term

Ureteral Obstruction  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • do not confuse with URETHRAL OBSTRUCTION, especially in Romance languages: see note on "ureteral" & "urethral" under URETERAL DISEASES

Scope note

  • Blockage in any part of the URETER causing obstruction of urine flow from the kidney to the URINARY BLADDER. The obstruction may be congenital, acquired, unilateral, bilateral, complete, partial, acute, or chronic. Depending on the degree and duration of the obstruction, clinical features vary greatly such as HYDRONEPHROSIS and obstructive nephropathy.

In other languages

  • virtsanjohtimen tukkeuma

    Finnish

  • obstructio ureteris
  • ureterin obstruktio
  • ureterin tukos
  • ureterobstruktio
  • uretertukos
  • virtsanjohtimen ahtauma
  • virtsanjohtimen obstruktio
  • virtsanjohtimen tukos
  • Uretärhinder

    Swedish

  • Uretärobstruktion

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014517

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