Goldblatt kidney

Gold·blatt kid·ney

(gōld'blat),

a kidney the arterial blood supply of which has been compromised, as a consequence of which arterial (renovascular) hypertension develops.

Goldblatt kidney

an abnormal kidney in which constriction of a renal artery leads to ischemia and release of renin, a pressor substance associated with hypertension.

A classic model for studying renovascular hypertension; renal artery from kidney ‘A’ is partially obstructed by an atheromatous plaque—or less commonly, a factor external to the vessel—e.g., a tumour

Gold·blatt kid·ney

(gōld'blat kid'nē)

A kidney with an arterial blood supply that has been compromised, as a consequence of which arterial (renovascular) hypertension develops.

Goldblatt,

Harry, U.S. pathologist, 1891-1977.

Goldblatt clamp

Goldblatt hypertension - increased blood pressure following obstruction of blood flow to one kidney. Synonym(s): Goldblatt phenomenon

Goldblatt kidney - a kidney whose arterial blood supply has been compromised, as a consequence of which arterial hypertension develops.

Goldblatt phenomenon - Synonym(s): Goldblatt hypertension

kidney

either of the two organs in the lumbar region that filter the blood, excreting the end-products of body metabolism in the form of urine, and regulating the concentrations of hydrogen, sodium, potassium, phosphate and other ions in the extracellular fluid. Bean-shaped in the dog, cat, sheep and laboratory animals, lobed in the ox and some fetal animals such as the horse; irregularly lobed in birds. See also renal.

Dog kidney. By permission from Sack W, Wensing CJG, Dyce KM, Textbook of Veterinary Anatomy, Saunders, 2002

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artificial kidney

an extracorporeal device used as a substitute for nonfunctioning kidneys to remove endogenous metabolites from the blood, or as an emergency measure to remove exogenous poisons such as barbiturates. Called also hemodialyzer.

balloon kidney

meat hygiene term for cystic kidney.

basal lamina kidney

part of the filtration barrier of the kidney; is much thicker than most basal laminae.

cake kidney

a solid, irregularly lobed organ of bizarre shape, formed by fusion of the two renal anlagen. Called also lump kidney.

cicatricial kidney

a shriveled, irregular and scarred kidney due to suppurative pyelonephritis.

contracted kidney

an atrophic kidney that may be scarred and granular.

duplicate kidney

occurs in most species, without apparent increase in total renal mass.

enlarged kidney

may be due to polycystic kidney disease, hydronephrosis, pyelonephritis or congenital absence of one kidney resulting in hypertrophy of the other.

fatty kidney

one affected with fatty degeneration.

floating kidney

one that is freely movable, especially a human kidney (normally more firmly fixed than those in quadrupeds); called also hypermobile kidney. See also nephroptosis.

Bovine kidney. By permission from Sack W, Wensing CJG, Dyce KM, Textbook of Veterinary Anatomy, Saunders, 2002

fused kidney

a single anomalous organ developed as a result of fusion of the renal anlagen.

giant kidney worm

dioctophymerenale.

Goldblatt kidney

one with obstruction of its blood flow, resulting in renal hypertension. Produced experimentally in dogs.

horseshoe kidney

an anomalous organ resulting from fusion of the corresponding poles of the renal anlagen.

hypermobile kidney

one that is freely movable; called also floating kidney. See also nephroptosis.

lump kidney

cake kidney.

kidney meridian points

acupuncture points on the kidney meridian.

pelvic kidney

a kidney which has failed to ascend from its primordial site to the roof of the abdomen.

polycystic kidney disease

the most common congenital renal defect but most cases are sporadic and do not cause clinical illness because there is still sufficient renal mass to avoid uremia. In some cases the enlarged kidney is detected incidentally during a clinical examination. Rarely both kidneys are badly involved and the animal is dead at birth or dies soon afterwards. In some cases, there are signs of progressive renal failure, perhaps not until later in life. The defect is inherited in Persian cats, Cairn terriers and pigs. In Cairn terriers, cysts may also occur in the liver. See also feline perirenal cysts.

pulpy kidney disease

see Clostridium perfringensenterotoxemia.

kidney scan

radioimaging of a kidney by the use of a rectilinear scanner after the intravenous administration of a radiopaque material.

kidney stones

see urolithiasis.

supernumerary kidney

additional kidneys which develop as a consequence of two ureteric buds arising from one mesonephric duct so that two kidneys develop on the one side.

kidney transplant

commonly and successfully performed in experimental dogs. Increasingly used as a therapeutic procedure in clinical veterinary medicine for renal failure in cats and dogs.

turkey egg kidney

a speckled pattern caused by hemorrhagic glomeruli in diseases such as porcine erysipelas.

wandering kidney

floating or hypermobile kidney. See also nephroptosis.

waxy kidney

amyloid kidney.

white-spotted kidney

focal nonsuppurative interstitial nephritis, seen most commonly in calves.