Polycystic kidneys as the renal lesion in Lindau's disease.
Renal malignancy occurring in polycystic kidneys is a rare combination normally thought of as fortuitous. We describe a patient suffering from Lindau's disease, who also had polycystic kidneys and renal carcinoma. On the basis of this case and a review of the literature for similar cases we conclude that the only possibility of outlining a high risk group among patients with polycystic kidneys is to search for other manifestations of Lindau's disease.
D000328:Adult; D000798:Angiomatosis / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011379:Prognosis; D012306:Risk; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed