title: Acquired cystic kidney disease in renal insufficiency.
abstract: The frequency of acquired cystic kidney disease (ACKD) in adult patients with end-stage renal failure (ESRF) varies from 8 to 95%. Systematic data are available neither on children with chronic renal insufficiency (CRI) nor on the frequency of ACKD in children below 15 years undergoing dialysis. Twenty-one children with CRI and 28 patients with ESRF were investigated. The age of the children ranged from 1 month to 15.8 years. Ultrasonographic examination determined the incidence of ACKD; in some children computerized tomography was performed. ACKD was diagnosed in 2 children (9.8%) with CRI and in 6 (21.6%) with ESRF. Diagnostic criteria and evolution of ACKD within the observation period of 3-48 months (mean 23.4 +/- 12.6 months) are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Nephrology, Medical Academy, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sieniawska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roszkowska-Blaim
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Welc-Dobies
mesh_terms: D001803:Blood Transfusion; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory; D006435:Renal Dialysis