Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease (APKD) with Cysts in Kidneys and Liver

Author: V. Dimov, M.D.
Reviewer: S. Randhawa, M.D.


APKD on CT scan of the abdomen. There are multiple cysts in both kidneys and in the liver.


APKD


APKD


Liver ultrasound of the same patient shows multiple cysts in the liver

Final diagnosis

Adult Polycystic Kidneys Disease (APKD)

References

Polycystic Kidney Disease. Roser Torra, MD, PhD. eMedicine.
Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease. Ali Nawaz Khan, MBBS, FRCS, FRCP, FRCR, LRCP, Muthusamy Chandramohan, MBBS, DMRD, FRCR, Sumaira MacDonald, MBChB, PhD, MRCP, FRCR. eMedicine.
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: Emerging concepts of pathogenesis and new treatments. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2009 vol. 76 no. 2 97-104.

Published: 11/01/2006
Updated: 02/02/2009

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2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

execuse me drs.
iam a medical students, could u help me how i can make a diagnosis from the results above? exactly what do i see in images to be sure that it's a APKD?
THANK YOU....

1/15/2010 9:50 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Re: "exactly what do i see in images to be sure that it's a APKD?"

You see cysts - black "holes" in the kidneys and the liver.

1/15/2010 10:30 PM  

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