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KIDNEY & URETER - Hydronephrosis
Description
The specimen is a kidney showing a granular cortex with a persistent foetal lobulation. The pelvis is greatly dilated, as is the ureter. In this instance, apparently, the obstruction was due to a very large middle lobe of the prostate.