title: Liver disease in autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease.
abstract: Hepatic complications occur in a significant proportion of children with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD). PKHD1/fibrocystin, the defective gene in ARPKD, is expressed in the cilia of bile duct epithelium and leads to abnormalities in the rubric of the ductal plate malformation. Portal hypertension and biliary disease are the major liver problems seen in ARPKD. Complete blood counting, physical examination, ultrasonography and magnetic resonance (MR) cholangiography are indicated as screening procedures for hepatic disease in ARPKD. Medical and surgical interventions are potentially indicated for children with portal hypertension and/or biliary disease. A high index of suspicion for the diagnosis of cholangitis needs to be maintained in children with biliary disease. The implications of hepatic disease need to be considered in the decision-making regarding renal transplantation in ARPKD.
authors.affiliation: Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute, New York, USA. Benjamin.Shneider@mssm.edu
authors.forename: Benjamin L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Shneider
authors.forename: Margret S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Magid
mesh_terms: D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D017044:Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Recessive / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery