title: [Multicystic dysplastic kidney. Therapeutic dilemmas and personal experience].
abstract: A multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK) is one of the most frequent causes of abdominal mass in the neonate. Prenatal echography permits early and frequent diagnostics. It is a nonfamilial disease without associated cystic disease of the pancreas, liver or lungs. Indications for elective surgery are clear when there is a symptomatic disease. However, treatment of asymptomatic patients is controversial. A rising number of authors prefer nonsurgical approach, leaving MCDK intact with a close follow-up of patients for possible severe complications (malignancy, hypertension, infection, pain, rupture). We treated 15 patients with MCDK from 1984 to 1994. Diagnosis was passed antenatally in 7 (47%) patients, accidentally in 2, and based on the presence of abdominal mass in 6 patients. Two patients had renal failure due to the abnormal contralateral kidney. Nine patients were operated on and 6 were treated nonsurgically. The risk of complications associated with nonsurgical treatment, easiness of efficient surgery at the age of 3-6 months, avoiding stress in the child and family due to long-term follow-up, all suggest operative treatment. We suggest to parents both operative and nonoperative options, explaining the risk and danger of both. We believe that nephrectomy is the best solution in a child with MCDK who is growing, develops hypertension, with uncertain diagnosis or when adequate follow-up is impossible.
authors.affiliation: University Children's Hospital, Belgrade.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krstić
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Smoljanić
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ajdinović
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maglajlić
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stefoski
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lukac
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vukanić
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal
vernacular_title: Multicisticni displazicni bubreg. Terapijske dileme i nase iskustvo.