Hydronephrosis in newborns is an enlargement or swelling of the kidneys. Depending on the cause, it can be either mild or severe. It may resolve without treatment, but some children may need ...

Hydronephrosis (hi-dro-ne-FRO-sis) is when one or both kidneys become enlarged because the flow of urine (pee) is backed up or blocked. Normally, urine flows from the kidneys to the bladder through ...

When this part of the kidney is enlarged and holding more urine than normal, you have hydronephrosis. The condition is diagnosed using radiologic imaging studies, such as ultrasounds or CT scans.

Abdominal CT with intravenous contrast enhancement was conducted (figure 1). Conclusion: grade III hydronephrosis on the left at the background of uteropelvic junction (UPJ) stenosis with probable ...

Clinical Case, May 31, 2011 Vague Abdominal Pain and an Unusual Case of Hydronephrosis Make the diagnosis for this case of a 75-year-old man with progressive, diffuse abdominal pain, worsening of ...

Radiographic results showed a giant hydronephrosis with a blowout of the right kidney and an obstructing calculi of 21 mm in the distal ureter. We will discuss the mechanism of reversed ...

Detailed antenatal sonography was performed on 18 766 pregnant women between 1990 and 1994. Antenatal hydronephrosis, defined as an antero-posterior diameter of the renal pelvis (APPD) greater than 5 ...

"A Machine Learning Algorithm Predicting Risk of Dilating VUR among Infants with Hydronephrosis Using UTD Classification." Journal of Pediatric Urology 20, no. 2 (April 2024): 271–278.

Background and objective Antenatal hydronephrosis (ANH) is one of the most common birth abnormalities and is defined as foetal renal pelvis dilatation > 4 mm before 33 weeks and 7 mm before 40 weeks ...