Biomaterial Database

Selective renal arteriography in medullary sponge kidney. 1965

J L Curry, and W J Howland

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
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
D012077	Renal Artery	A branch of the abdominal aorta which supplies the kidneys, adrenal glands and ureters.	Arteries, Renal,Artery, Renal,Renal Arteries
D002404	Catheterization	Use or insertion of a tubular device into a duct, blood vessel, hollow organ, or body cavity for injecting or withdrawing fluids for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. It differs from INTUBATION in that the tube here is used to restore or maintain patency in obstructions.	Cannulation,Cannulations,Catheterizations
D003937	Diagnosis, Differential	Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.	Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000792	Angiography	Radiography of blood vessels after injection of a contrast medium.	Arteriography,Angiogram,Angiograms,Angiographies,Arteriographies
D014567	Urography	Radiography of any part of the URINARY TRACT.	Pyelography,Pyelogram,Urogram,Pyelograms,Pyelographies,Urograms,Urographies
D014652	Vascular Diseases	Pathological processes involving any of the BLOOD VESSELS in the cardiac or peripheral circulation. They include diseases of ARTERIES; VEINS; and rest of the vasculature system in the body.	Disease, Vascular,Diseases, Vascular,Vascular Disease