Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease

Case contributed by Dalia Ibrahim
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

History withheld.

Patient Data

Age: 20 years
Gender: Male

Markedly enlarged both kidneys eliciting diffuse abnormal high parenchymal signal secondary to numerous corticomedullary miccorcysts with loss of corticomedullary differentiation and multiple scattered small parenchymal macrocysts. 

Case Discussion

The patient had a history of genetically proven autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease and renal failure since the age of 13 year old.

Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) is the recessive form of polycystic kidney disease.

 

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