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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Chandrakala Yannam, MD [2]

Overview

There are no established risk factors for [disease name].

OR

The most potent risk factor in the development of [disease name] is [risk factor 1]. Other risk factors include [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].

OR

Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] include [risk factor 1], [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].

OR

Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] may be occupational, environmental, genetic, and viral.

Risk Factors

There are no established risk factors for [disease name].

OR

The most potent risk factor in the development of [disease name] is [risk factor 1]. Other risk factors include [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].

OR

Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] include [risk factor 1], [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].

Common Risk Factors

• Common risk factors in the development of hydronephrosis include:
  • Renal calculi (eg, kidney stones, ureteral stones, and bladder stones)
  • Prostate enlargement and prostate cancer
  • Pelvic and retroperitoneal masses and tumors compressing renal structures (eg, ovarian cysts, tuboovarian abscess, pelvic prolapse, retroperitoneal fibrosis, endometriosis and abdominal malignancies)
  • Pregnancy
  • Trauma
  • Pelvic radiation
  • Strictures
  • Neurogenic bladder
  • Urinary tract infection
  • Congenital anomalies of the urinary tract resulting in urine outflow obstruction include,
    • Vesicourethral reflux
    • Primary bladder neck obstruction

Less Common Risk Factors

• Less common risk factors in the development of [disease name] include:
  • [Risk factor 1]
  • [Risk factor 2]
  • [Risk factor 3]