Megacalycosis: Sonographic findings of a rare clinical condition

Recurrent UTI’s represent a challenge for physicians and anatomic abnormalities should be investigated thoroughly in this setting. Not all urinary tract dilatations mean obstruction. Several entities can mimic hydronephrosis without actual interruption of urinary flow. Uniform calyceal dilatation wi...

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Autores principales: Sosa Barrios, Rosa Haridian, Rivera Gorrín, Maite E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Clinical Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7869364/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33598298
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3687
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description Recurrent UTI’s represent a challenge for physicians and anatomic abnormalities should be investigated thoroughly in this setting. Not all urinary tract dilatations mean obstruction. Several entities can mimic hydronephrosis without actual interruption of urinary flow. Uniform calyceal dilatation without dilatation of pelvis and ureter suggests megacalycosis.
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spelling pubmed-78693642021-02-16 Megacalycosis: Sonographic findings of a rare clinical condition Sosa Barrios, Rosa Haridian Rivera Gorrín, Maite E. Clin Case Rep Clinical Images Recurrent UTI’s represent a challenge for physicians and anatomic abnormalities should be investigated thoroughly in this setting. Not all urinary tract dilatations mean obstruction. Several entities can mimic hydronephrosis without actual interruption of urinary flow. Uniform calyceal dilatation without dilatation of pelvis and ureter suggests megacalycosis. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-12-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7869364/ /pubmed/33598298 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3687 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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title_short Megacalycosis: Sonographic findings of a rare clinical condition
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7869364/
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