Bilateral renal enlargement
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Bilateral renal enlargement, also known as nephromegaly, can arise from many causes including 1,2:
Smooth enlargement
diabetic nephropathy (common)
vasculitis/autoimmune
chronic ethanol excess 2
Enlargement by cysts/masses
-<li><p>acute glomerulonephritis</p></li>-<li><p>acute urate nephropathy</p></li>- +<li><p><a href="/articles/acute-glomerulonephritis" title="acute glomerulonephritis">acute glomerulonephritis</a></p></li>
- +<li><p><a href="/articles/acute-urate-nephropathy" title="acute urate nephropathy">acute urate nephropathy</a></p></li>