Multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK) is a renal abnormality that contains multiple cysts of various shapes and sizes in the kidney. Unilateral MCDK is very common in children and usually is associated with other contralateral anomalies. There are a few different etiology theories that are being evaluated, but the origination is still uncertain. Although there is no cure for MCDK, there are a fe...

Epidermal nevus syndrome is a rare congenital disorder, characterized by epidermal nevi and multiple organ involvement. Multicystic kidney disease has been very rarely reported in this syndrome. Here is the report of a boy presented with multiple epidermal nevi, cardiac anomaly, seizure attack, hemi hypertrophy, and multicystic dysplastic kidney complicated with Wilms' tumor. According to this ...

OBJECTIVE To report the renal structural and functional anomalies in children with multicystic dysplastic kidneys. METHODS Retrospective descriptive analysis of 47 children with multicystic dysplastic kidney seen in a pediatric nephrology unit over a period of 6 years. RESULTS Antenatal diagnosis of multicystic dysplastic kidney was made in 34 (72.3%) patients. On follow up of 31 children f...

PATIENT Female, 21 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney Disease complicated by pyelonephritis Symptoms: Left flank pain (CVAT) • dysuria • fever MEDICATION Levofloxacin Clinical Procedure: Dimercaptosuccinic acid scan • voiding cystouretrogram Specialty: Nephrology. OBJECTIVE Rare disease. BACKGROUND Multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK) is a renal dysplasia characterized by the ...

Multicystic dysplastic kidney is a noninherited congenital disease. Association of this disease with abnormalities of various organs is common. We, however, report a rare case of multicystic dysplastic kidney associated with congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma in an infant. Different developmental origins of the skin and the kidney can explain the scarcity of concurrent congenital skin and ki...

BACKGROUND Kallmann's syndrome is characterized by anosmia and hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism. Radiographic studies of teenagers and older subjects with the X-linked form of the syndrome have shown that up to 40% have an absent kidney unilaterally. Although this has been attributed to renal "agenesis", a condition in which the kidney fails to form, little is known about the appearance of the de...