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'''Hydronephrosis''' is distention and [[dilation]] of the [[renal pelvis]], usually caused by [[obstruction]] of the free flow of [[urine]] from the [[kidney]].<ref | '''Hydronephrosis''' is distention and [[dilation]] of the [[renal pelvis]], usually caused by [[obstruction]] of the free flow of [[urine]] from the [[kidney]].<ref>{{Cite book | author=Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Fausto, Nelso; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K.; Cotran, Ramzi S. | authorlink= | title=Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease | date=2005 | edition=7th| publisher=Elsevier Saunders | location=Philadelphia, Pa. | isbn=0-7216-0187-1 | pages=1012–1014}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Hydronephrosis is distention and dilation of the renal pelvis, usually caused by obstruction of the free flow of urine from the kidney.[1]
References
- ↑ Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Fausto, Nelso; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K.; Cotran, Ramzi S. (2005). Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease (7th ed.). Philadelphia, Pa.: Elsevier Saunders. pp. 1012–1014. ISBN 0-7216-0187-1.