Kidneys

Analgesic nephropathy is injury to the kidneys caused by analgesic medications such as…

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a type of long-term kidney disease, defined by the…

Diabetic nephropathy (DN), also known as diabetic kidney disease (DKD), is a chronic loss…

Diabetic nephropathy (DN), also known as diabetic kidney disease (DKD), is a chronic loss…

Hypertensive kidney disease is a medical condition referring to damage to the kidney due…

IgA nephropathy (IgAN), also known as Berger's disease, or synpharyngitic…

Kidney stone disease or urinary stone disease is a crystallopathy that occurs when there…

Nephrocalcinosis, once known as Albright's calcinosis after Fuller Albright, is a term…

Kidney stone disease or urinary stone disease is a crystallopathy that occurs when there…

Pyonephrosis is a dangerous kidney infection that is characterized by pus accumulation in…

Reflux nephropathy is kidney damage (nephropathy) due to urine flowing backward (reflux)…

Renal papillary necrosis is a form of nephropathy involving the necrosis of the renal…

Acute kidney injury (AKI), previously called acute renal failure (ARF), is a sudden…

Acute tubular necrosis (ATN) is a medical condition involving the death of tubular…

Alport syndrome is a rare genetic disorder, characterized by glomerulonephritis,…

Anemia of chronic disease (ACD) or anemia of chronic inflammation is a form of anemia…

Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) is a form of interstitial nephritis causing kidney…

Bardet–Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a ciliopathic human genetic disorder that produces many…

Bartter syndrome (BS) is a rare inherited disease characterised by a defect in the thick…

Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is a purported form of kidney damage in which there…

Cystinosis is a lysosomal storage disease characterized by the abnormal accumulation of…

Cystinuria is an inherited autosomal recessive disease characterized by high…

Dent's disease is a rare X-linked recessive inherited condition that affects the proximal…

Denys–Drash syndrome (DDS) or Drash syndrome is a rare disorder or syndrome characterized…

Fanconi syndrome or Fanconi's syndrome is a syndrome of inadequate reabsorption in the…

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a histopathologic finding of scarring…

Gitelman syndrome (GS) is an autosomal recessive kidney tubule disorder characterized by…

Glomerulonephritis (GN) is a term used to refer to several kidney diseases. Many of the…

Goodpasture syndrome (GPS), also known as anti–glomerular basement membrane disease, is a…

Hemolytic–uremic syndrome (HUS) is a syndrome characterized by low red blood cells, acute…

Horseshoe kidney, also known as ren arcuatus , renal fusion or super kidney, is a…

Hydronephrosis is a medical condition where the kidney becomes enlarged due to a complete…

Interstitial nephritis, also known as tubulointerstitial nephritis, is inflammation of…

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a kidney cancer that originates in the lining of the…

Liddle's syndrome, also called Liddle syndrome, is a genetic disorder inherited in an…

Oculocerebrorenal syndrome is a rare X-linked recessive disorder characterized by…

Lupus nephritis (LN) is an inflammation of the kidneys caused by systemic lupus…

Medullary cystic kidney disease (MCKD) is an autosomal dominant kidney disorder…

Medullary sponge kidney is a congenital disorder of the kidneys characterized by cystic…

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) is a type of glomerulonephritis caused by…

Membranous glomerulonephritis (MGN) is a slowly progressive disease of the kidney…

Minimal change disease (MCD), also known as lipoid nephrosis or nil disease, among…

Multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK) is a condition that results from the malformation of…

Nail–patella syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that results in small, poorly developed…

Nephronophthisis is a genetic disorder of the kidneys which affects children. It is…

Nephroptosis, is a rare and abnormal condition in which the kidney drops down into the…

Nephrotic syndrome is a collection of symptoms due to kidney damage. This includes…

Perinephric abscess is a collection of purulent material contained within the perinephric…

Polycystic kidney disease is a genetic disorder in which the renal tubules become…

Primary hyperoxaluria is a rare condition resulting in increased excretion of oxalate,…

Pyelonephritis is inflammation of the kidney, typically due to a bacterial infection.…

Renal agenesis is a medical condition in which one (unilateral) or both (bilateral) fetal…

Angiomyolipomas are the most common benign tumour of the kidney. Although regarded as…

Renal artery stenosis (RAS) is the narrowing of one or more of the renal arteries, which…

A renal cyst is a fluid collection in or on the kidney. There are several types based on…

A renal oncocytoma is a benign neoplasm of the kidney made up of oncocytes, epithelial…

Renal tubular acidosis (RTA) is a medical condition that involves an accumulation of acid…

Wilms' tumor or Wilms tumor, also known as nephroblastoma, is a cancer of the kidneys…

Pyelonephritis is inflammation of the kidney, typically due to a bacterial infection.…