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Renal medullary pyramid hypoplasia

MedGen UID:
1369445
•Concept ID:
C4476731
•
Congenital Abnormality
Synonym: Hypoplasia of the medullary pyramids
 
HPO: HP:0025362

Definition

Undergrowth of the pyramid of the adult kidney, cone-shaped structures with a broad base adjacent to the renal cortex and the narrow apex that is termed papilla. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVRenal medullary pyramid hypoplasia

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PubMed

Acute post-transplantation renal failure: differential diagnosis by ultrasound.
Hricak H, Cruz C, Eyler WR, Madrazo BL, Romanski R, Sandler MA
Radiology 1981 May;139(2):441-9. doi: 10.1148/radiology.139.2.7012925. PMID: 7012925

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Renal doppler indices and their correlation with laboratory indices of human immunodeficiency virus sero-positive adult individuals.
Sidi M, Ugwu AC, England A, Manafa PO, Dambatta AH, Zira JD, Saleh MK, Ya'u A, Mansur U
Radiography (Lond) 2021 Nov;27(4):1014-1020. Epub 2021 Apr 17 doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2021.03.007. PMID: 33875357
Nephrolithiasis in medullary sponge kidney: evaluation of clinical and metabolic features.
McPhail EF, Gettman MT, Patterson DE, Rangel LJ, Krambeck AE
Urology 2012 Feb;79(2):277-81. Epub 2011 Oct 19 doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2011.07.1414. PMID: 22014971
Ultrasound findings in renal parenchymal disease: comparison with histological appearances.
Page JE, Morgan SH, Eastwood JB, Smith SA, Webb DJ, Dilly SA, Chow J, Pottier A, Joseph AE
Clin Radiol 1994 Dec;49(12):867-70. doi: 10.1016/s0009-9260(05)82877-6. PMID: 7828393
More medullary sponge variants.
Gedroyc WM, Saxton HM
Clin Radiol 1988 Jul;39(4):423-5. doi: 10.1016/s0009-9260(88)80292-7. PMID: 3180655

Diagnosis

Renal doppler indices and their correlation with laboratory indices of human immunodeficiency virus sero-positive adult individuals.
Sidi M, Ugwu AC, England A, Manafa PO, Dambatta AH, Zira JD, Saleh MK, Ya'u A, Mansur U
Radiography (Lond) 2021 Nov;27(4):1014-1020. Epub 2021 Apr 17 doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2021.03.007. PMID: 33875357
Nephrolithiasis in medullary sponge kidney: evaluation of clinical and metabolic features.
McPhail EF, Gettman MT, Patterson DE, Rangel LJ, Krambeck AE
Urology 2012 Feb;79(2):277-81. Epub 2011 Oct 19 doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2011.07.1414. PMID: 22014971
Ultrasound findings in renal parenchymal disease: comparison with histological appearances.
Page JE, Morgan SH, Eastwood JB, Smith SA, Webb DJ, Dilly SA, Chow J, Pottier A, Joseph AE
Clin Radiol 1994 Dec;49(12):867-70. doi: 10.1016/s0009-9260(05)82877-6. PMID: 7828393
Ultrasonography of discoid adrenals in Potter's syndrome: report of three cases.
Volberg FM, Dillard R, Sumner T
Am J Perinatol 1989 Jul;6(3):326-8. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-999605. PMID: 2659015
Acute post-transplantation renal failure: differential diagnosis by ultrasound.
Hricak H, Cruz C, Eyler WR, Madrazo BL, Romanski R, Sandler MA
Radiology 1981 May;139(2):441-9. doi: 10.1148/radiology.139.2.7012925. PMID: 7012925

Prognosis

Ultrasound findings in renal parenchymal disease: comparison with histological appearances.
Page JE, Morgan SH, Eastwood JB, Smith SA, Webb DJ, Dilly SA, Chow J, Pottier A, Joseph AE
Clin Radiol 1994 Dec;49(12):867-70. doi: 10.1016/s0009-9260(05)82877-6. PMID: 7828393
Acute post-transplantation renal failure: differential diagnosis by ultrasound.
Hricak H, Cruz C, Eyler WR, Madrazo BL, Romanski R, Sandler MA
Radiology 1981 May;139(2):441-9. doi: 10.1148/radiology.139.2.7012925. PMID: 7012925

Clinical prediction guides

Ultrasound findings in renal parenchymal disease: comparison with histological appearances.
Page JE, Morgan SH, Eastwood JB, Smith SA, Webb DJ, Dilly SA, Chow J, Pottier A, Joseph AE
Clin Radiol 1994 Dec;49(12):867-70. doi: 10.1016/s0009-9260(05)82877-6. PMID: 7828393
Segmental "hypoplasia" of the kidney (Ask-Upmark).
Arant BS Jr, Sotelo-Avila C, Bernstein J
J Pediatr 1979 Dec;95(6):931-9. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(79)80279-6. PMID: 501498

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