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Case report: Atypical polycystic kidney disease
Atypical or unilateral polycystic kidney disease is a rare entity that is found incidentally and is characterized on imaging as asymmetric or unilateral distribution of cysts confined to the kidneys. We present a case of an incidental finding of atypical polycystic kidney disease in a 72-year-old ma...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8111457/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34007375 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2021.03.068 |
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description | Atypical or unilateral polycystic kidney disease is a rare entity that is found incidentally and is characterized on imaging as asymmetric or unilateral distribution of cysts confined to the kidneys. We present a case of an incidental finding of atypical polycystic kidney disease in a 72-year-old male. Computed tomography imaging showed asymmetric distribution of cysts only in the kidneys and the patient had no genitourinary symptoms, had normal renal function, and did not have a family history of renal disease. Although considered to be benign, rare cases of progression of atypical polycystic kidney disease to bilateral polycystic kidney disease has been documented in the literature, which portends a worse prognosis. It is important for clinicians to be aware of this entity so that patients can be monitored periodically for progression of disease. |
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spelling | pubmed-81114572021-05-17 Case report: Atypical polycystic kidney disease Shin, Christopher Berliner, Leonard Radiol Case Rep Case Report Atypical or unilateral polycystic kidney disease is a rare entity that is found incidentally and is characterized on imaging as asymmetric or unilateral distribution of cysts confined to the kidneys. We present a case of an incidental finding of atypical polycystic kidney disease in a 72-year-old male. Computed tomography imaging showed asymmetric distribution of cysts only in the kidneys and the patient had no genitourinary symptoms, had normal renal function, and did not have a family history of renal disease. Although considered to be benign, rare cases of progression of atypical polycystic kidney disease to bilateral polycystic kidney disease has been documented in the literature, which portends a worse prognosis. It is important for clinicians to be aware of this entity so that patients can be monitored periodically for progression of disease. Elsevier 2021-04-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8111457/ /pubmed/34007375 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2021.03.068 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Shin, Christopher Berliner, Leonard Case report: Atypical polycystic kidney disease |
title | Case report: Atypical polycystic kidney disease |
title_full | Case report: Atypical polycystic kidney disease |
title_fullStr | Case report: Atypical polycystic kidney disease |
title_full_unstemmed | Case report: Atypical polycystic kidney disease |
title_short | Case report: Atypical polycystic kidney disease |
title_sort | case report: atypical polycystic kidney disease |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8111457/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34007375 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2021.03.068 |
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