Difference between revisions of "Medical kidney diseases"

Medical kidney diseases (view source)

127 bytes added , 02:19, 22 October 2010

48,460

edits

@@ Line 379: / Line 379: @@
 ==Acquired renal cystic disease==
 ===General===
-*Thought to arise due to hyperkalemia,<ref name=pmid7861721>{{cite journal |author=Fick GM, Gabow PA |title=Hereditary and acquired cystic disease of the kidney |journal=Kidney Int. |volume=46 |issue=4 |pages=951–64 |year=1994 |month=October |pmid=7861721 |doi= |url=http://www.nature.com/ki/journal/v46/n4/pdf/ki1994354a.pdf}}</ref> as seen in some adrenal tumours, and a well-known feature of chronic renal failure.
+*Thought to arise due to uremia,<ref name=pmid7861721>{{cite journal |author=Fick GM, Gabow PA |title=Hereditary and acquired cystic disease of the kidney |journal=Kidney Int. |volume=46 |issue=4 |pages=951–64 |year=1994 |month=October |pmid=7861721 |doi= |url=http://www.nature.com/ki/journal/v46/n4/pdf/ki1994354a.pdf}}</ref> not specific to the type of renal dialysis, i.e. hemodialysis vs. peritoneal dialysis.
+*Presence of cysts dependent on duration of dialysis:<ref name=pmid7861721/>
+**~44% < 3 years.
+**~80% >4 years.
+**~90% >10 years.
 ===Microscopic===