What Is Prune Belly Syndrome?
Reviewed: Dr. Mera
6. Other urological abnormalities
The blood is filtered in the kidneys. They remove waste material from the blood and channel it through the ureters into the bladder, where it will be excreted through the urethra during urination. Similarly, with what happens with the bladder, the kidney may also experience distension (hydronephrosis), especially if the ureters are abnormal or blocked.
The ureters are the passages that connect the kidneys to the bladder. In this condition, ureters can also be elongated, dilated (megaureters) and tortuous.
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