The filtered fluid then travels to the part of the kidney called the renal pelvis. This is a birth abnormality, also known as Cacchi-Ricci disease. Small cysts form in the medulla tubules and form ...

Therefore, the renal pelvis channels urine from the major calyces to the ... International Journal of Molecular Sciences; 21: 1, 221. Mahadevan V (2019) Anatomy of the kidney and ureter. Surgery; 37: ...

Together, all of these organs make up the renal system. Each kidney is covered in a thick layer of connective tissue and fat that helps shape and protect the organ. Arteries, renal veins ...

Transitional cell cancer (TCC) affects these cells. It can be found in the: Renal pelvis (located in the middle of your kidney) Bladder Top part of the ureter -- the long tube that connects your ...

The renal anomalies encountered in these 5 patients were solitary fused pelvic kidney in 1 case, crossed fused renal ectopia in 2, and unilateral renal agenesis in 2 cases. In 1 of the latter a ...

Upper urinary tract urothelial cancer used to be called transitional cell cancer (TCC) of the kidney or ureter. It starts in cells called transitional cells. Transitional cells can change shape and ...

The urine gathers in an area called the renal pelvis at the centre of each kidney. From here it drains down a tube called the ureter and into the bladder. There are 2 ureters, one from each kidney.

Image of the Urinary System The male urinary system (left panel) and female urinary system (right panel) showing the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra. Urine is made in the renal tubules and ...

which revealed moderate hydronephrosis affecting her right kidney. A CT intravenous pyelogram showed a lobulated mass measuring 1.6 cm in the right renal pelvis. It was mildly hyperdense (38 HU ...

The most common type of kidney cancer is renal cell carcinoma, or RCC, which forms in the lining of the small tubes that filter blood. Other types include renal pelvis carcinoma, which forms where ...