Cálculo en el Riñón - Kidney Lithiasis

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Un cálculo renal, litiasis renal o piedra en el riñón es un trozo de material sólido que se forma dentro del riñón a partir de sustancias que están en la orina.

La piedra se puede quedar en el riñón o puede desprenderse e ir bajando a través del tracto urinario. La intensidad de la sintomatología (dolor) está generalmente relacionada con el tamaño del cálculo. En ocasiones se produce su expulsión casi sin sintomatología.

Los cálculos pueden quedarse trabados en uno de los uréteres, en la vejiga, o en la uretra, produciendo la sintomatología de dolor (cólico nefrítico), disuria (dificultad al orinar), o signos como hematuria (presencia de sangre en la orina).

Kidney stones (ureterolithiasis) result from stones or renal calculi (from Latin ren, renes, "kidney" and calculi, "pebbles"[1]) in the ureter. The stones are solid concretions or calculi (crystal aggregations) formed in the kidneys from dissolved urinary minerals. Nephrolithiasis (from Greek νεφρός (nephros, "kidney") and λιθoς (lithos, "stone")) refers to the condition of having kidney stones. Urolithiasis refers to the condition of having calculi in the urinary tract (which also includes the kidneys), which may form or pass into the urinary bladder. Ureterolithiasis is the condition of having a calculus in the ureter, the tube connecting the kidneys and the bladder. The term bladder stones usually applies to urolithiasis of the bladder in non-human animals such as dogs and cats.

Kidney stones typically leave the body by passage in the urine stream, and many stones are formed and passed without causing symptoms. If stones grow to sufficient size before passage on the order of at least 2-3 millimeters they can cause obstruction of the ureter. The resulting obstruction causes dilation or stretching of the upper ureter and renal pelvis (the part of the kidney where the urine collects before entering the ureter) as well as muscle spasm of the ureter, trying to move the stone. This leads to pain, most commonly felt in the flank, lower abdomen and groin (a condition called renal colic). Renal colic can be associated with nausea and vomiting. There can be blood in the urine, visible with the naked eye or under the microscope (macroscopic or microscopic hematuria) due to damage to the lining of the urinary tract.

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Tags:

• Ultrasound
• kidney
• stones
• Lithiasis
• Calculi
• Riñón
• Cálculo
• nephrocalcinosis