Multicystic Renal Dysplasia
Multicystic Renal Dysplasia
Updated: 10/05/2020
© Jun Wang, MD, PhD
General features
- AKA multicystic dysplastic kidney
- Congenital
- Most common pediatric cystic renal disease
- Usually sporadic but may be familial
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Bilateral involvement usually results in stillbirth or death within the first few days of life
Pathogenesis
- Abnormal induction of metanephric mesenchyme by ureteral bud
Clinical features
- No significant clinical problem if unilateral
- Abdominal mass: Most common cause of abdominal mass in the newborns
- Commonly associated with ureteropelvic obstruction, ureteral agenesis, atresia or reflux
- May presents with urinary tract infection, voiding dysfunction, or hypertension
Radiologic findings
- Sonographic findings: Multiple cysts
- Voiding cystourethrography: Vesicoureteral reflux
- Dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) renal scanning: Loss of renal function, used if sonographic examination inconclusive
Pathological findings
- Commonly unilateral with contralateral kidney hypertrophy
- Numerous non-communicating cysts lined by flattened cuboidal epithelium
- Disorganized parenchyma
- Islands of cartilage
- No or rare glomeruli
- May be associated with other urinary system malformations: vesicoureteral reflux, bladder diverticulum, kidney hypoplasia, etc
Diagnosis
- Antenatal sonography
- Image studies
- Biopsy
Management
- Observation
- Treat complications, such as infection
- Nephrectomy: Controversial
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