Agenesis of kidney
Agenesis of kidney
Updated: 10/05/2020
© Jun Wang, MD, PhD
General features
- Congenital absence of kidney
- Unilateral or bilateral
- Asymptomatic if unilateral
- Fatal if bilateral
Key pathogenesis
- Unknown
Key clinical features
- May develop secondary hypertension
Diagnosis
- Kidney absent by image studies
Genetic abnormalities
- Various
- Trisomies: 7, 10, 21, 22
- Turner syndrome
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