title: Spectrum of multicystic renal dysplasia: diagnosis and management.
abstract: Multicystic renal dysplasia represents a spectrum of pathologic states, from unilateral multicystic kidney through segmental and focal multicystic dysplasia to bilateral multicystic kidney. Diagnosis can be established with low-risk procedures with reasonable accuracy. Treatment may be nonoperative in selected cases, but the physician must be responsible for long-term follow-up of the child until more is known about the natural history of this process.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014567:Urography