Biomaterial Database

[The renal tubular ectasia called "spongy kidney". Report of 6 cases]. 1962

J BERNIER, and R CHARBONNEAU, and J SALTIEL

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007668	Kidney	Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations.	Kidneys
D007674	Kidney Diseases	Pathological processes of the KIDNEY or its component tissues.	Disease, Kidney,Diseases, Kidney,Kidney Disease
D007691	Medullary Sponge Kidney	A non-hereditary KIDNEY disorder characterized by the abnormally dilated (ECTASIA) medullary and inner papillary portions of the collecting ducts. These collecting ducts usually contain CYSTS or DIVERTICULA filled with jelly-like material or small calculi (KIDNEY STONES) leading to infections or obstruction. It should be distinguished from congenital or hereditary POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASES.	Cacchi Ricci Disease,Cacchi-Ricci Syndrome,Kidney, Sponge,Precalyceal Canalicular Ectasia,Cacchi Ricci Syndrome,Canalicular Ectasia, Precalyceal,Canalicular Ectasias, Precalyceal,Disease, Cacchi Ricci,Ectasia, Precalyceal Canalicular,Ectasias, Precalyceal Canalicular,Kidneys, Sponge,Medullary Sponge Kidneys,Precalyceal Canalicular Ectasias,Ricci Disease, Cacchi,Sponge Kidney,Sponge Kidney, Medullary,Sponge Kidneys,Sponge Kidneys, Medullary,Syndrome, Cacchi-Ricci
D004108	Dilatation, Pathologic	The condition of an anatomical structure's being dilated beyond normal dimensions.	Ectasia,Dilatation, Pathological,Dilatations, Pathologic,Dilatations, Pathological,Pathologic Dilatation,Pathologic Dilatations,Pathological Dilatation,Pathological Dilatations
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man