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Descriptor English: Kidney Calculi
Descriptor Spanish: Cálculos Renales
Descriptor cálculos renales
Entry term(s) cálculos del riñón
piedras renales
Scope note: Cálculos que se producen en el riñón. Los cálculos muy grandes que no pueden ser eliminados espontáneamente tienen un tamaño comprendido entre 1 cm hasta las piedras en forma de cuernos de ciervo que ocupan la pelvis y los cálices renales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cálculos Renais
Descriptor French: Calculs rénaux
Entry term(s): Calculi, Kidney
Calculi, Renal
Calculus, Kidney
Calculus, Renal
Kidney Calculus
Kidney Stone
Kidney Stones
Nephrolith
Renal Calculi
Renal Calculus
Stone, Kidney
Stones, Kidney
Tree number(s): C12.050.351.968.419.600.500
C12.050.351.968.967.249.500
C12.050.351.968.967.500.503
C12.200.777.419.600.500
C12.200.777.967.249.500
C12.200.777.967.500.503
C12.950.419.600.500
C12.950.967.249.500
C12.950.967.500.503
C23.300.175.850.550
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007669
Scope note: Stones in the KIDNEY, usually formed in the urine-collecting area of the kidney (KIDNEY PELVIS). Their sizes vary and most contains CALCIUM OXALATE.
Annotation: chemical composition of calculi = KIDNEY CALCULI /chem
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UL ultrastructure
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Online Note: to search for chem composition of kidney calculi, use KIDNEY CALCULI/anal 1987-90 & KIDNEY CALCULI/metab 1966-86
DeCS ID: 24256
Unique ID: D007669
NLM Classification: WJ 356
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Kidney Calculi - Preferred
Concept UI M0012008
Scope note Stones in the KIDNEY, usually formed in the urine-collecting area of the kidney (KIDNEY PELVIS). Their sizes vary and most contains CALCIUM OXALATE.
Preferred term Kidney Calculi
Entry term(s) Calculi, Kidney
Calculi, Renal
Calculus, Kidney
Calculus, Renal
Kidney Calculus
Kidney Stone
Kidney Stones
Nephrolith
Renal Calculi
Renal Calculus
Stone, Kidney
Stones, Kidney



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