Percutaneous decompression: treatment for respiratory distress secondary to multicystic dysplastic kidney.
Multicystic dysplastic kidney is a common renal anomaly in the newborn. Long-term problems, such as pain, infection, hypertension and neoplasm, although infrequent, have been reported. Acute, life-threatening complications resulting from the size of the affected kidney are rare and emergency nephrectomy has been the only reported effective therapy. We present a case of ultrasound-guided percutaneous cyst decompression used as definitive treatment of respiratory failure associated with multicystic dysplastic kidney.
Department of Surgery, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia 65212.
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D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities*; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D014463:Ultrasonography