20Developmental anomalies
Structural developmental anomalies primarily affecting one body system
Structural developmental anomalies of the urinary system
LB30Structural developmental anomalies of kidneys
LB30.8
category
Medullary sponge kidney
Definition A condition characterised by cystic or saccular dilatations of the medullary collecting ducts seen with radiocontrast filling. A predisposition to stones and associated often with renal tubular acidosis. There is no clear genetic predisposition.
Also indexed as
Cacchi-Ricci disease MSK - [medullary sponge kidney] Medullary sponge kidney Medullary sponge kidney, bilateral Medullary sponge kidney, unilateral sponge kidney NOS
Nearby in Structural developmental anomalies of kidneys
International Classification of Diseases, Eleventh Revision (ICD-11), World Health Organization (WHO) 2019/2021, https://icd.who.int/browse11. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 IGO (CC BY-ND 3.0 IGO).
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