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Prenatal collapse of cysts in a dysplastic kidney
Author(s) -
KeskiNisula Leea,
Kiekara Olavi,
Kirkinen Pertti
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0096(199907/08)27:6<356::aid-jcu10>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - medicine , multicystic dysplastic kidney , kidney , in utero , fetus , gestation , kidney disease , ultrasound , pregnancy , pathology , radiology , biology , genetics
Postnatal regression of prenatally or neonatally detected multicystic dysplastic kidney disease has been widely documented. However, renal cysts can regress during gestation, although they usually become larger in utero. We present a case of prenatally detected multicystic dysplastic kidney with an atypical course. During the third trimester, unilateral multicystic renal lesions in the fetus first enlarged and later involuted; by the second postpartum year, the kidney had become hypoplastic and nonfunctional. Our case also shows that before birth, blood flow in the affected kidney, measured with Doppler imaging, was normal until the cysts involuted. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 27:356–360, 1999.