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Unilateral and segmental cystic disease of the kidney
Author(s) -
PUNIA RPS,
MOHAN HARSH,
BAL AMANJIT,
BANSAL VIRENDER KUMAR
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2005.01022.x
Subject(s) - medicine , kidney , nephrectomy , autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease , malignancy , polycystic kidney disease , cystic kidney disease , kidney disease , renal function , pathology , disease
Unilateral and segmental cystic disease is a rare cystic disease of the kidney. Except for its unilaterality, it resembles autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease on gross and histological examination. It also lacks genetic background and progressive deterioration of renal function. Only a small number of unilateral and segmental cystic disease of the kidney cases have been reported to date. The present case is a report of a 69‐year‐old man who had a large multicystic mass involving the lower and middle part of the right kidney with normal residual renal parenchyma at the upper pole. The left kidney was entirely normal. All the laboratory tests were within normal limits. Right nephrectomy was performed because of a strong suspicion of malignancy.