Multicystic kidney disease remains the commonest cause of abnormally enlarged kidney, diagnosed on antenatal ultrasound examination. It is typically a unilateral disorder; bilateral condition is incompatible with extra uterine life. Survival is associated with higher risk ofWilm's tumor and Renal cell carcinoma. Diagnosis is facilitated by ultrasonography. Respiratory compromise on account of m...

The renal coloboma syndrome (OMIM 120330) is caused by mutations in the PAX2 gene. Typical findings in these patients include renal hypoplasia, renal insufficiency, vesicoureteric reflux, and optic disc coloboma. A family with a novel heterozygous 10-bp deletion in exon 2 of the PAX2 gene leading to a truncating mutation and variable phenotype across three generations is reported. The first pre...

AIMS To report the long term follow up of children with antenatally detected unilateral multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK) with documentation of complications, involution rate with time, and renal function at 10 years. METHODS Data were retrieved from a prospective regional registry of patients with MCDK between 1985 and 2004. Children were followed using a common protocol of investigation ...

Abstract Multicystic dysplastic kidney is a rare congenital anomaly of the and urinary tract. The association with posterior urethral valve also very rare. Here we present patient both entities prenatal resolution cysts. A 10-week old baby was referred for nephrourological work up due to diagnosis left multicystic kidney. He had serial US scans during pregnancy. Immediately before delivery cyst...

Laparoscopic procedures continue to gain popularity over traditional open operations for a variety of abdominal and retroperitoneal surgical procedures. With regard to urological surgery, the first laparoscopic nephrectomy was performed in an adult in 1991. In the following years, the feasibility of laparoscopic management of pediatric urological disorders was described, and in 1992 the first l...

Late presentation of symptomatic hydrometrocolpos is uncommon. We present a 5 years old continent girl with prenatally diagnosed multicystic dysplastic left kidney and late-onset lower abdominal pain. Investigations revealed nonfunctioning an ectopic ureter draining into the hemivagina, vaginal duplication obstructed urine-filled hemivagina. Surgical therapy included resection septum laparoscop...