title: Multilocular cystic kidney.
abstract: Two cases of multilocular cystic kidney are reported. Current concepts of pathogenesis are reviewed. Treatment by total nephrectomy is advocated when the contralateral kidney is normal; partial nephrectomy should be reserved for those cases in which the contralateral kidney has reduced function or is absent.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011859:Radiography