Multicystic dysplastic kidney is the most common type of renal cystic disease, one of the most common cause of an abdominal mass in infants. A multicystic dysplastic kidney contains non-communicating multiple cystic spaces varying in size and has no functioning renal tissue. there is a possibly results that it from abnormal metanephros differentiation, probably due to disturbed connection of ur...

We report a patient with a multicystic kidney treated successfully by continuous percutaneous drainage. This method may be an alternative to surgical resection of a multicystic kidney that has not involved after one year of follow-up.

OBJECTIVE To document the involution rate and long-term results of management of multicystic dysplastic kidney. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data were collected retrospectively for all 23 infants (16 boys) with multicystic dysplastic kidney who were treated at our center over the last 19 years (1977-1995). The diagnosis was based on prenatal ultrasound in 18 patients and on palpable abdominal mass i...

Unilateral multicystic dysplastic kidney is one of the most frequently identified urinary tract abnormalities in children. Although it can be an isolated finding, it is often associated with other anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract. It has also been described in association with other multisystemic disorders of known genetic aetiologies. Cowden disease (CD) is a rare autosomal-dominant d...

BACKGROUND/AIM Multicystic dysplastic kidney represents a disorder in the fetus development presented prenatally of postnatally, this deserving special attention due to a risk of additional anomalies in children with this disorder. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and type of common anomalies of the urinary system in the prenatal diagnosis of unilateral multicystic dysplasti...