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==General== | ==General== | ||
*Most common cause of abdominal mass in newborns | *Most common cause of abdominal mass in newborns.<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> | ||
*May be unilateral or involve only part of a kidney.<ref name=Ref_Klatt237>{{Ref Klatt|237}}</ref> | *May be unilateral or involve only part of a kidney.<ref name=Ref_Klatt237>{{Ref Klatt|237}}</ref> | ||
Etiology: embryological malformation:<ref name=pmid33252759/> | |||
*Renal collecting system forms when ''ureteric bud'' (which grows from cloaca) meets the ''renal blastema'' (kidney parenchyma precursor). | |||
==Gross== | ==Gross== | ||
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==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||
Features:<ref name=Ref_Klatt237>{{Ref Klatt|237}}</ref> | Features:<ref name=Ref_Klatt237>{{Ref Klatt|237}}</ref><ref name=pmid33252759/> | ||
*Cystic spaces. | *Cystic spaces of variable size. | ||
*Fibrous stroma. | *Fibrous stroma. | ||
*Islands of cartilage. | *Islands of cartilage. | ||
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*[http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/RENCYST/RCYST012.html RMD (utah.edu)]. | *[http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/RENCYST/RCYST012.html RMD (utah.edu)]. | ||
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*Cysts do not communicate with one another.<ref name=pmid33252759>{{PMID| 33252759}} 33252759</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||