Diagnosing acute appendicitis in children can be difficult due to atypical presenting symptoms. While there are reported cases of acute appendicitis or appendiceal masses causing unilateral hydronephrosis, bilateral hydronephrosis as a complication of appendiceal mass is very rare. We report a case of a child who presented with cardinal symptomatology associated with the urogenital tract. Ultra...

1. Differentiate genitourinary abnormalities associated with hydronephrosis detected on fetal ultrasonography. 2. Describe the type of fetal hydronephrosis that requires a complete uroradiologic evaluation. 3. Characterize the complete postnatal uroradiologic evaluation of significant fetal hydronephrosis. 4. Delineate the factor that sets the timetable for postnatal uroradiologic evaluation. 5...

Davisson MT, Cook SA, Akeson EC, Liu D, Heffner C, Gudis P, Fairfield H, Murray SA. Kidney adysplasia and variable hydronephrosis, a new mutation affecting the odd-skipped related 1 gene in the mouse, causes variable defects in kidney development and hydronephrosis. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 308: F1335–F1342, 2015. First published April 1, 2015; doi:10.1152/ajprenal.00410.2014.—Many genes, inc...

The aim of our research is to evaluate whether there a relationship between the degree hydronephrosis and, size and location stones in ureter patients with ureteral stones, computed tomography (CT). 105 who applied Malatya Training Research Hospital complaint renal colic underwent CT scan were included study. Hydronephrosis was evaluated by using system developed Society Fetal Urology. Stone si...

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) outcomes as a solo therapy in patients with upper ureteral calculi and varying degrees of hydronephrosis. Materials and Methods: Eighty patients with upper ureteral calculi and a body mass index between 19.5 kg/m2 and 22.5 kg/m2 were included. They were categorized into 4 groups according to the seve...