Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (gross pathology)

Case contributed by John Hayman
Diagnosis certain

Nephrectomy specimen demonstrating the kidney to be markedly enlarged (>20 cm) by numerous cysts many of which show dark content consistent with hemorrhage.

A coronal section through the kidney confirms the presence of blood clot in some of the cysts and demonstrates little remaining normal renal parenchyma.

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