Mucosal folding in upper urinary pathways following ureterolithiasis.
Mucosal folds in the ureter or renal pelvis were demonstrated in 2 children and 27 adults with urolithiasis. It appeared from the sequence of events observed in these cases that the folds occurred in a redundant mucosa following an episode of mural stretching. Urinalysis, including bacterial culture in the majority of cases, showed infection in only 3 of the adults.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014567:Urography