Introduction
Glossary
Recommended terms | Terms to avoid | |
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Dilatation of | ||
Calyces | Calyceal dilatation | Calicectasis Caliectasis |
Calyces + pelvis | Pelvicalyceal dilatation | Hydronephrosis Pelvocaliectasis Pyelocaliectasis |
Pelvis alone | Pelvic dilatation | Hydronephrosis Pelviectasis Pyelectasis |
Calyces + pelvis + ureter | Ureteropelvicalyceal dilatation Ureteral and pelvicalyceal dilatations | Hydroureteronephrosis Megaureter |
Ureter alone | Ureteral dilatation | Hydroureter Megaureter Ureterectasis |
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APRPD (on a transverse image at the maximal diameter of intrarenal pelvis)
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calyceal dilatation (central or also peripheral)
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parenchymal thickness (subjective assessment)
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parenchymal appearance: echogenicity subjectively determined by comparison with the adjacent liver or spleen, abnormal presence of cortical cysts and corticomedullary differentiation
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ureter dilatation (transient visualization of the ureter is considered normal postnatally)
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bladder anomalies (wall thickening, ureterocele, posterior urethral dilatation)
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oligohydramnios (prenatally)