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The kidney is an important organ in the abdomen that does the following:

Tumours

This is mostly the domain of urology.

This article cover the common renal tumours:

[[Renal cell carcinoma].
Oncocytoma.
Most other tumours... except urothelial tumours are dealt with in the urothelium article.

Pediatric tumours are covered in pediatric renal tumours.

This is almost a specialty for itself. Lots of interaction with nephrologists.

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Features:

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 *Produces hormones (e.g. erythropoietin).
-==Tumours==
+=Tumours=
 {{main|Kidney tumours}}
 This is mostly the domain of urology.
 This article cover the common renal tumours:
-*Renal cell carcinoma.
+*[[Renal cell carcinoma].
-*Oncocytoma.
+*[[Renal oncocytoma|Oncocytoma]].
 *Most other tumours... except ''urothelial tumours'' are dealt with in the ''[[urothelium]]'' article.
-==Medical kidney diseases==
+Pediatric tumours are covered in ''[[pediatric renal tumours]]''.
+=Medical kidney diseases=
 {{main|Medical kidney diseases}}
 This is almost a specialty for itself.  Lots of interaction with nephrologists.
+=Developmental=
+==Multicystic renal dysplasia==
+===General===
+*Most common cause of abdominal mass in newborns.<ref name=emed_mrd>
+*Subtype of renal dysplasia.<ref name=emed_mrd>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/982560-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/982560-overview]. Accessed on: 4 January 2012.</ref>
+===Microscopic===
+Features:
+*Cysts.
+*Abnormal stroma.
+=See also=
+*[[Urinary bladder]].
+=References=
+{{Reflist|1}}
 [[Category:Genitourinary pathology]]