| ADPKD | autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease |
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| APCD | acquired prothrombin complex deficiency [syndrome]; adult polycystic kidney disease |
| APCKD | adult-type polycystic kidney disease |
| APKD | adult-onset polycystic kidney disease |
| ARPKD | autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease |
| kidney tumour | <oncology> A benign or cancerous growth originating from kidney tissue (for example renal cell carcinoma, hypernephroma). (27 Sep 1997) |
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| kidney: urographic patterns | <radiology> Unilateral Bilateral Small kidney(s) Smooth *** *** Scarred *** Large kidney(s) Smooth *** Unifocal *** Multifocal *** *** (12 Dec 1998) |
| fatty kidney | A kidney in which there is fatty metamorphosis of the parenchymal cells, especially fatty degeneration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| unilateral large kidney | <radiology> Multifocal: xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP), malakoplakia, multicystic dysplastic kidney Cf: other urographic patterns smooth kidney: renal vein thrombosis, acute arterial infarction, obstructive uropathy, acute bacterial nephritis, compensatory hypertrophy, duplicated pelvocalyceal system Cf: other urographic patterns multifocal: solid neoplastic mass, malignant, adenocarcinoma, adult nephroblastoma, invasive transitional cell carcinoma, sarcoma, metastasis, benign, hamartoma, adenoma, mesenchymal tumour cystic mass, simple cyst, focal hydronephrosis, multilocular cystic nephroma, arteriovenous malformation Cf: other urographic patterns (12 Dec 1998) |
| unilateral small kidney | <radiology> Scarred: reflux nephropathy, lobar infarction Cf: other urographic patterns smooth kidney: ischemia due to focal arterial disease, chronic infarction, radiation nephritis, congenital hypoplasia, post-obstructive atrophy, post-inflammatory atrophy, reflux atrophy Cf: other urographic patterns (12 Dec 1998) |
| fibrous capsule of kidney | A fibrous membrane ensheathing the kidney. Synonym: capsula fibrosa renis, tunica fibrosa renis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flea-bitten kidney | The kidney seen at autopsy in some cases of bacterial endocarditis, the appearance being caused by diffuse petechial haemorrhages resulting from focal glomerulonephritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| floating kidney | The abnormally mobile kidney in nephroptosia. Synonym: movable kidney, wandering kidney. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Formad's kidney | <nephrology> An enlarged and deformed kidney sometimes seen in chronic alcoholism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral border of kidney | The convex narrow edge separating the anterior and posterior surfaces. Synonym: margo lateralis renis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fused kidney | A single, anomalous organ produced by fusion of the renal anlagen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| liver kidney syndrome | <syndrome> Severe loss of both liver and kidney function, seen in a variety of diseases, often with fatal outcome. Seen particularly in late-stage liver failure due to cirrhosis or hepatitis, and in several viral infections. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aaa disease | Endemic anaemia of ancient Egypt, ascribed in the Papyrus Ebers to intestinal infestation with ancylostoma; now called ancylostomiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ABO haemolytic disease of the newborn | Erythroblastosis foetalis due to maternal-foetal incompatibility with respect to an antigen of the ABO blood group; the foetus possesses A or B antigen which is lacking in the mother, and the mother produces immune antibody which causes haemolysis of foetal erythrocytes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accumulation disease | A disease characterised by abnormal accumulation of a metabolic product in certain cells and tissues; examples include the mucopolysaccharidoses, lipoidoses. (05 Mar 2000) |