Multicystic dysplastic kidney
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Multicystic dysplastic kidney, abbreviated MCDK, is a cystic disease of the kidney. It is also known as multicystic renal dysplasia (abbreviated as MRD).[1]
General
- Most common cause of abdominal mass in newborns.[2]
- Subtype of renal dysplasia.[2]
- May be unilateral or involve only part of a kidney.[3]
Gross
- Kidney has multiple large cysts or differing sizes.
DDx:
- ARPKD - has less variability of cyst size.
Images:
Microscopic
Features:[3]
- Cystic spaces.
- Fibrous stroma.
- Islands of cartilage.
Image:
See also
References
- ↑ Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney. National Institutes of Health (United States). URL: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/kidney-disease/children/multicystic-dysplastic-kidney]. Accessed on: 2025-Feb-04.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 URL: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/982560-overview. Accessed on: 4 January 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Klatt, Edward C. (2006). Robbins and Cotran Atlas of Pathology (1st ed.). Saunders. pp. 237. ISBN 978-1416002741.