Diseases of the genitourinary system

Thrombosis of the renal vein

Thrombosis of the renal vein in urological practice is quite rare. This pathology can be acute and chronic, one-sided and two-sided.

Renal venous hypertension

Renal venous hypertension is a pathological condition characterized by a prolonged chronic increase in pressure in the renal veins system.

Stenosis of the renal veins - their changes, violating the venous outflow from the kidney: narrowing the lumen of the trunk renal vein or its branches, turning off the segmental branch, for example as a result of thrombosis, which is equivalent to narrowing the total lumen of the renal venous system.

Varicocele: an overview of information

Varikotsele - urological disease, which is accompanied by an expansion of the venous plexus of the spermatic cord. This pathology occurs with a frequency of 3 to 30%.

Hermaphroditism and hermaphrodites

Hermaphroditism is a two-cavity, that is, one person has signs of a female and a male gender. Distinguish false and true hermaphroditism.

Nephrogenic (renal) hypertension: a review of information

Nephrogenic hypertension, or renal, renovascular hypertension is a disease whose main symptom is the increase in blood pressure.

Hydronephrosis of the kidney: an overview of information

Hydronephrosis is a pathological condition characterized by an enlargement of the kidney system responsible for urinary excretion. This disease is accompanied by kidney parenchymal hypotrophy, which often leads to a worsening of all renal functions.

Nephroptosis (omission of the kidney)

Omission of the kidney, or so-called nephroptosis - a pathological condition, accompanied by abnormal mobility of the organ. In this case, the kidney is displaced from its habitual normal position.

Cryptorchidism: an overview of information

Cryptorchidism is a congenital anomaly of development, which is characterized not by the descent of one or two testicles into the scrotum after the birth of the child.

Hypospadias Information Overview

Hypospadias are a congenital anomaly of the penis, which manifests by splitting the posterior wall of the urethra from the glans penis to the perineum.