Abscess,
hemorrhage, cloudy swelling, kidney
Description - a localised collection
of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue, with bleeding, swelling
and cellular oedema
Angiomyolipoma
Description - hamartoma ( a mass
resembling a tumour, but not a true tumour) in the kidney
containing fat, muscle, vessels
Bladder
Description - organ in which urine
collects before evacuation from the body
Cirrhosis,
kidney
Description - chronic interstitial
inflammation of the tissues of the kidney
Clear
cell carcinoma, kidney
Alternative Name - adenocarcinoma
of kidney, renal adenocarcinoma, hypernephroid carcinoma,
hypernephroma, Grawitz's tumor
Description - a rare type of kidney
cancer; can spread from the kidney to other organs, most commonly
the bone, but also including the lungs, brain, and soft tissues
of the body
Diabetic
kidney
Description - kidney tissue showing signs
of changes brought about by long-term diabetes
Interstitial
cystitis, bladder
Description - a bladder condition
caused by chronic inflammation leading to difficulties with
urination
Inverted
papilloma, bladder
Alternative Name - transitional cell
papilloma, inverted type
Description - a benign tumour of the
bladder
Kidney
Description - a pair of organs
which function to filter the blood and control the level
of some chemicals in the blood such as hydrogen, sodium,
potassium, and phosphate; they eliminate waste in the form
of urine
Kidney
cortex
Description - one of the main functional
parts of the kidney (outer zone)
Kidney
medulla
Description - one of the main functional
parts of the kidney (inner zone) containing the renal pyramids
Kidney,
bleeding
Description - kidney tissue showing signs of bleeding
Kidney,
cloudy swelling
Description - kidney tissue showing
signs of cellular oedema
Kidney,
post-hypertensive
Description - kidney tissue showing
signs resulting from high blood pressure
Malacoplakia,
bladder
Alternative Name - malakoplakia
Description -
inflammation of the mucous membrane of the bladder characterised
by the formation of soft granulomatous lesions
Nephritis,
acute
Description - acute inflammation
of the kidney
Nephritis,
chronic
Alternative Name - chronic glomerulonephritis
Description - chronic inflammation
of the kidney
Nephritis,
subacute
Alternative Name - subacute glomerulonephritis
Description - inflammation of the
kidney somewhere between acute and chronic
Papilloma,
bladder
Description - a benign tumour often
resembling a wart arising from cells lining the bladder
Pyelonephritis,
chronic
Description - inflammation of the
kidney and its pelvis, beginning in the interstitium and
rapidly extending to involve the tubules, glomeruli and blood
vessels, due to bacterial infection
Renal
artery & vein
Description - the main artery and
vein of the kidney
Renal
atrophy, hydronephrotic
Description - abnormal enlargement
of a kidney, which may be caused by blockage of the ureter
(such as by a kidney stone) or chronic kidney disease that
prevents urine from draining into the bladder
Renal
cell carcinoma
Description - the most common form
of kidney cancer which occurs when the cells lining the renal
tubule undergo cancerous changes
Renal
cortical necrosis, symmetrical
Description - dying tissue in the
outer portion of the kidney
Renal
failure
Description - a slow decline in
kidney function over time; chronic renal failure may be caused
by a number of disorders which include long-standing hypertension,
diabetes, congestive heart failure, lupus or sickle cell
anaemia
Renal
infarct, recent bland
Description - kidney showing area
of recent tissue death due to a local lack of oxygen, but
with no sign of infection
Transitional
cell cancer, bladder
Description - cancer of the soft
cuboidal cells of the bladder; these cells allow the bladder
to stretch to collect urine
Tuberculosis,
kidney
Description - kidney showing signs
of tissue changes due to tuberculosis
Ureter
Description - the tube that carries
urine from the kidney to the bladder
Urethra
Description - the tube that carries
urine from the bladder and out through the penis
Venous
congestion of kidney
Description - overfilling and distention
of the veins of the kidney with blood as a result of mechanical
obstruction or right ventricular failure
Venous
congestion, chronic, kidney
Description - chronic overfilling
and distention of the veins of the kidney with blood as a
result of mechanical obstruction or right ventricular failure
Wilm's
tumour
Description - childhood cancer
of the kidney
