Hypoplasia of kidney
Hypoplasia of kidney
Updated: 10/05/2020
© Jun Wang, MD, PhD
General features
- Congenital smaller kidney
- Unilateral or bilateral
- Reduced number of nephrons
- Hypertrophied nephron
- Often with dysplasia (hypodysplasia)
Key pathogenesis
- Probably developmental defect of metanephric renal blastema
Clinical features
- Oligohydramnios
- Presentations of renal impairment
- May develop end-stage renal disease
Key morphological features
- Reduced number of nephrons
- Normal architecture
- Hypertrophic glomeruli/tubules with
- Thickened Bowman’s capsule
- Abnormal glomerular basement membrane
- Dysplasia common
Diagnosis
- Image studies
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