Children with an obstructed megaureter may present with vague abdominal pain, hematuria, UTI, fever of unknown origin, or an abdominal mass. The primary presentation, antenatal hydronephrosis, is diagnosed with prenatal ultrasonography.
Glomus Tumors (Tympanicum Jugulare). Glomus tumors are the most common benign tumors of the middle ear. They arise from glomus bodies. Glomus bodies are tiny, normal structures in the middle ear which serve as baro receptors.These baro receptors sense and help to regulate the oxygen pressure in the middle ear and mastoid.s glomus tumors expand, they begin to fill the middle ear. Some glomus tumors of the middle ear start by growing from the floor of the ear upward. These are the tumors difficult to distinguish from glomus jugulare tumors. A CT scan or other radiologic findings are needed in these cases.
Glomerulus: 1. In the kidney, a tiny ball-shaped structure composed of capillary blood vessels actively involved in the filtration of the blood to form urine. The glomerulus is one of the key structures that make up the nephron, the functional unit of the kidney.2.he glomerulus in the kidney was so named by the Italian anatomist Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694). The structure was once called a malphigian corpuscle. Glomerulus is the diminutive of the Latin glomus meaning ball of yarn.. It is literally a little ball of yarn.. Plural: glomeruli.