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What is the reason for small sized right kidney with compensatory hypertrophy of left kidney?

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Answered by AbhinavRajShukla
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Compensatory growth is a type of regenerative growth that can take place in a number of human organs after the organs are either damaged, removed, or cease to function.[1] Additionally, increased functional demand can also stimulate this growth in tissues and organs.[2] The growth can be a result of increased cell size (compensatory hypertrophy) or an increase in cell division(compensatory hyperplasia) or both.[3] For instance, if one kidney is surgically removed, the cells of other kidney divide at an increased rate.[1] Eventually, the remaining kidney can grow until its mass approaches the combined mass of two kidneys.[1] Along with the kidneys, compensatory growth has also been characterized in a number of other tissues and organs including:

the adrenal glands[4][5]

the heart[5][6]

muscles[5]

the liver[5][7]

the lungs[8]

the pancreas (beta cells and acinar cells)[7]

the mammary gland[5]

the spleen (where bone marrow and lymphatic tissue undergo compensatory hypertrophy and assumes the spleen function during spleen injury)[5]

the testicles[5]

the thyroid gland[5][9]

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