Infantile polycystic kidney disease: an imaging dilemma.
Infantile and adult type polycystic kidney diseases are 2 disparate genetic disorders and generally are easily distinguishable on the basis of clinical, pathologic, and radiologic findings. We present 3 children with infantile polycystic kidney disease, ages 9 months to 6 years, in whom the excretory urogram and/or renal ultrasound or gross anatomical appearance of the kidneys resembled adult polycystic kidney disease. The findings from these 3 patients emphasize the importance of renal and liver biopsies in the diagnosis of cystic kidney disease in young children.
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000235:genetics; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography