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Megacalycosis

MedGen UID:
539839
•Concept ID:
C0266317
•
Anatomical Abnormality
Synonym: Dilatation of calyx without dilatation of pelvis and ureter
SNOMED CT: Megacalycosis (85901000); Dilatation of calyx without dilatation of pelvis and ureter (85901000)

Definition

Isolated enlargement of renal calyces without obstruction. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVMegacalycosis

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Retrograde intrarenal surgery for stones associated with renal anomalies: caliceal diverticulum, horseshoe kidney, medullary sponge kidney, megacalycosis, pelvic kidney, uretero-pelvic junction obstruction.
Corrales M, Sierra A
Curr Opin Urol 2023 Jul 1;33(4):318-323. Epub 2023 Apr 4 doi: 10.1097/MOU.0000000000001093. PMID: 37014757
Long term follow up of two independent patients with Schinzel-Giedion carrying SETBP1 mutations.
Herenger Y, Stoetzel C, Schaefer E, Scheidecker S, Manière MC, Pelletier V, Alembik Y, Christmann D, Clavert JM, Terzic J, Fischbach M, De Saint Martin A, Dollfus H
Eur J Med Genet 2015 Sep;58(9):479-87. Epub 2015 Jul 15 doi: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2015.07.004. PMID: 26188272
Corynebacterium group D2 and urolithiasis in a boy with megacalycosis.
Nadal D, Schwöbel M, von Graevenitz A
Infection 1988 Jul-Aug;16(4):245-7. doi: 10.1007/BF01650763. PMID: 3053458

Diagnosis

Retrograde intrarenal surgery for stones associated with renal anomalies: caliceal diverticulum, horseshoe kidney, medullary sponge kidney, megacalycosis, pelvic kidney, uretero-pelvic junction obstruction.
Corrales M, Sierra A
Curr Opin Urol 2023 Jul 1;33(4):318-323. Epub 2023 Apr 4 doi: 10.1097/MOU.0000000000001093. PMID: 37014757
Congenital Anomalies of the Upper Urinary Tract: A Comprehensive Review.
Houat AP, Guimarães CTS, Takahashi MS, Rodi GP, Gasparetto TPD, Blasbalg R, Velloni FG
Radiographics 2021 Mar-Apr;41(2):462-486. Epub 2021 Jan 29 doi: 10.1148/rg.2021200078. PMID: 33513074
Megacalycosis: a rare radiological finding.
Cho CL, Shiu CK
Hong Kong Med J 2020 Dec;26(6):539.e1-539.e2. doi: 10.12809/hkmj208463. PMID: 33350970
Congenital megacalycosis with IgA nephropathy: a case report and review of the literature.
Turkmen E, Yildirim T, Ciftci T, Altindal M, Akinci D, Baydar DE, Bilen CY, Arici M
Ren Fail 2013;35(1):155-8. Epub 2012 Dec 20 doi: 10.3109/0886022X.2012.731996. PMID: 23252475
Megacalycosis.
Kimche D, Lask D
Urology 1982 May;19(5):478-81. doi: 10.1016/0090-4295(82)90602-1. PMID: 7080319

Prognosis

Long term follow up of two independent patients with Schinzel-Giedion carrying SETBP1 mutations.
Herenger Y, Stoetzel C, Schaefer E, Scheidecker S, Manière MC, Pelletier V, Alembik Y, Christmann D, Clavert JM, Terzic J, Fischbach M, De Saint Martin A, Dollfus H
Eur J Med Genet 2015 Sep;58(9):479-87. Epub 2015 Jul 15 doi: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2015.07.004. PMID: 26188272
Megacalycosis.
Kimche D, Lask D
Urology 1982 May;19(5):478-81. doi: 10.1016/0090-4295(82)90602-1. PMID: 7080319

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