Department of Anatomy, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
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Congenital Anomalies of Kidney and Urinary Tract (CAKUT)-Literature Review
Author(s): VK Chimurkar
Kidneys as well as urinary tracts are the major excretory organs of the human body and removes waste products of protein metabolism. They also remove surplus water and salts from the blood. Kidneys as well as urinary tracts also important for survival as they are crucial for preserving the fluid-electrolyte balance of the body tissue fluids. The inaccuracies in the embryogenesis of the outflow tracts along with the kidneys are vulnerable to the environmental endangerments and disturb the development throughout gestation. Mutations in the patient with CAKUT are responsible for the chronic renal diseases in the 1st three decades of life. Fetus dose not survive in severe cases of CAKUT as a result of non-formation of kidneys and outflow tract, but in less severe cases there are more chances to survive and may identified in adulthood. Though the critical cases of CAKUT are infrequent, mar.. View More»
