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What Does " Gross Hydronephrosis And Ureter Filled With Echogenic Mass Of 8mm" Suggest?

Scan report of a 78 old female LEFT KIDNEY:-->NO PELVICALYCEAL SYSTEM DILATION AND NO EVIDENCE OF CALCULI
RIGHT KIDNEY-->MEASURES 15.5*8 CM GROSS HYDRONEPHROSIS AND DILATED SYSTEM SHOWING ENDOLUMINAL POLYPOIDAL COMPONENTS,RIGHT URETER FILLED WITH ECHOGENIC MASS,PARENCHYMAL THICKNESS 8MM
Mon, 18 Aug 2014
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Hydronephrosis means dilation of the kidney and urinary system usually due to an obstructing mass. The ureter is a tube that connects the kidney to the urinary bladder and where urine passes. The right ureter has a mass lesion inside thereby causing obstruction and hydronephrosis. The MASS lesion maybe cancer or blood clot and can only be confirmed by inserting a scope inside the ureter(ureteroscopy) and possibly do a biopsy.

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What Does " Gross Hydronephrosis And Ureter Filled With Echogenic Mass Of 8mm" Suggest?

Good Day and thank you for being with Healthcare Magic! Hydronephrosis means dilation of the kidney and urinary system usually due to an obstructing mass. The ureter is a tube that connects the kidney to the urinary bladder and where urine passes. The right ureter has a mass lesion inside thereby causing obstruction and hydronephrosis. The MASS lesion maybe cancer or blood clot and can only be confirmed by inserting a scope inside the ureter(ureteroscopy) and possibly do a biopsy. I hope I have succeeded in providing the information you were looking for. Please feel free to write back to me for any further clarifications at: http://www.HealthcareMagic.com/doctors/dr-manuel-c-see-iv/66014 I would gladly help you. Best wishes.