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What Does Extrarenal Pelvis With Intermittent Severe Pain Indicate?
Extrarenal pelvis with intermittent sever pain... had severe hydronephrosis on cat scan and did a nuclear renal scan with lasix was 5 days later for it to say no noted hydronephrosis and UPJ obstruction cleared.. where do i go from here. This happens on and off very frequently. Why is it intermittent?
Wed, 4 Jun 2014
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The central part of the kidney is called a pelvis.
Extrarenal pelvis is a condition in which the renal pelvis is outside the normal renal parenchyma, so it becomes prominent and looks like hydronephrosis to untrained eyes. It is a normal variant and very common but without any significance.
Severe hydronephrosis will be due to an obtructed renal collecting system which is the reason for the pain. UPJ obstruction is a reason for it.
If it is intermittent, I think you might have a partial UPJ obstruction which becomes significant once in a while. You can visit a urologist, he will analyse your problem and decide whether it can be corrected by medications or if the obstruction is significant, you might require a small surgery to relieve it.
Hope it sorts your problem and wishing you a speedy recovery.
Regards,
Dr. Pankaj Nagori
Specialist Radiologist
Thanks for using healthcaremagic.
The central part of the kidney is called a pelvis.
Extrarenal pelvis is a condition in which the renal pelvis is outside the normal renal parenchyma, so it becomes prominent and looks like hydronephrosis to untrained eyes. It is a normal variant and very common but without any significance.
Severe hydronephrosis will be due to an obtructed renal collecting system which is the reason for the pain. UPJ obstruction is a reason for it.
If it is intermittent, I think you might have a partial UPJ obstruction which becomes significant once in a while. You can visit a urologist, he will analyse your problem and decide whether it can be corrected by medications or if the obstruction is significant, you might require a small surgery to relieve it.
Hope it sorts your problem and wishing you a speedy recovery.
Regards,
Dr. Pankaj Nagori
Specialist Radiologist
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