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medullary sponge kidney


"renal tubular ectasia"
  • dilatation & cyst formation of collecting tubules in renal pyramids
  • Ca2+ ==> medullary nephrocalcinosis

  • not hereditary; males (2:1)
  • usually bilateral

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Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD  -  2 February 1995
Last updated:  1 October 2013


 

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