Open AccessNeonatal Polycystic Kidney Disease in a One-Day-Old Baby: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Deborah Mchaile,
Philip Mrindoko,
Matei Mselle,
Elton Meleki,
Elise Kimambo,
Arnold Likiliwike,
Jay Lodhia
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-9927
DOI - 10.2147/phmt.s271209
Subject(s) - medicine , autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease , ductus arteriosus , autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease , pediatrics , polycystic kidney disease , abdominal distension , regurgitation (circulation) , surgery , obstetrics , disease
Polycystic kidney disease in neonates is a rare genetic disease which can be either autosomal dominant or autosomal recessive with each presenting at a certain period in life. They can both be diagnosed before or after birth using fetal ultrasound. This is a case of a five-hour-old baby with suspected polycystic kidney disease in a tertiary hospital in northern Tanzania.