Intestinal obstruction in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.
A 42-year-old woman with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) was admitted to our hospital on April 29, 1999, with complaints of abdominal pain. A diagnosis of intestinal obstruction was reached on the basis of clinical findings and X-ray evidence. A computed tomography scan of the abdomen showed massively enlarged kidneys, especially the right kidney, which seemed to compress the small intestine. The patient underwent percutaneous aspiration of the largest cysts on the surface of the right kidney. The symptoms, in this rare case of intestinal obstruction by an enlarged kidney in ADPKD, were alleviated the day after the aspiration procedure.
Kakinoki
Kaheita
K
Department of Internal Medicine, Toyama Rosai Hospital, Uozu.
Noda
Yatsugi
Y
Takaeda
Masayoshi
M
Kubo
Masahiro
M
Mizuhashi
Keiichi
K
Miyamoto
Ichirou
I
Nishida
Tetsuya
T
Takemori
Yasuhiro
Y
D000328:Adult; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D004733:Enema; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D016891:Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D001466:Barium Sulfate