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Pyelonephritis - (answer)inflammation of the renal pelvis and the kidney
Chronic Pyelonephritis - (answer)Interstitial fibrosis and atrophy of tubules due to multiple bouts of
acute pyelonephritis
Can be associated with chronic UTI's, vesicoureteral reflux, or kidney stones
Cystitis - (answer)Inflammation of the bladder
Common pathogens are E. Coli and staphylococcus saphrophyticus
Symptoms of cystitis - (answer)Frequency, urgency, dysuria, lower back pain
Renal cell carcinoma - (answer)cancerous tumor that arises from kidney tubule cells
Renal adenoma - (answer)small, slow-growing glandular noncancerous tumor of the kidney
Renal transitional cell carcinoma - (answer)rare and primarily arises in the renal parenchyma and renal
pelvis.
Transitional cell carcinoma - (answer)a malignant tumor of the urinary tract that is often found within
the urinary bladder or within the renal pelvis. Generally occurs in older men. Gross painless hematuria
Gomerulonephritis - (answer)inflammation of the glomeruli within the kidney
Primary glomerulonephritis - (answer)inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidneys that occurs
independently of other chronic conditions; usually the result of an acute infectious process
secondary glomerulonephritis - (answer)inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidneys that results from
other chronic conditions, such as lupus erythematosus or diabetes.
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Symptoms of glomerulonephritis - (answer)Hematuria with red blood cell casts, proteinuria with
albumin, oliguria, HTN, edema, nephrotic sediment
Types of glomerulonephritis - (answer)- membranous nephropathy/ glomerulonephritis
- rapidly progressing glomerulonephritis
-Anti-glomerular basement membrane disease (goodpasture syndrome)
- chronic glomerulonephritis
-diabetic neuropathy
Nephrotic syndrome - (answer)loss of large amounts of plasma protein, usually albumin, through urine
due to an increased permeability of the glomerular membrane
Causes of nephrotic syndrome - (answer)Membranous glomerulonephritis
Minimal change nephropathy
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
-systemic disease such as diabetes or lupus
Hypospadias - (answer)congenital abnormality in which the male urethral opening is on the
undersurface of the penis, instead of at its tip
Epispadias - (answer)Opening of the urethra on the superior surface of the penis
Chordee - (answer)a downward curvature of the penis, often associated with hypospadias
Nephroblastoma (Wilms tumor) - (answer)A rapidly developing malignancy of the kidneys, usually
affecting children before age 5. Normally found by parents due to swelling.