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Clues and pitfalls in the early prenatal diagnosis of ‘late onset’ infantile polycystic kidney
Author(s) -
Bronshtein M.,
BarHava I.,
Blumenfeld Z.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
prenatal diagnosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.956
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1097-0223
pISSN - 0197-3851
DOI - 10.1002/pd.1970120409
Subject(s) - polycystic kidney disease , medicine , gestation , polycystic disease , pediatrics , prenatal diagnosis , kidney , third trimester , polycystic kidney , pregnancy , fetus , biology , genetics
Infantile polycystic kidney disease (IPKD) is an autosornal recesive inherited disorder, IPKD has been previously diagnosed by us as early as the 14th week of gestation. ‘Late onset’ (third trimester) IPKD has been previously described by several authors. We present here a case of intrauterine detection of ‘late onset’ IPKD, suggesting that elongated hyperechogenic kidneys (with normal transverse and anteroposterior diameters) should be considered as an early sign of ‘late onset’ presenting IPKD.