Diseases

Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney

A nongenetic defect due to malformation of the KIDNEY which appears as a bunch of grapes with multiple renal cysts but lacking the normal renal bean shape, and the collection drainage system. This condition can be detected in-utero with ULTRASONOGRAPHY.

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Abstract

A nongenetic defect due to malformation of the KIDNEY which appears as a bunch of grapes with multiple renal cysts but lacking the normal renal bean shape, and the collection drainage system. This condition can be detected in-utero with ULTRASONOGRAPHY.

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Synonyms

17 entry terms
  • Multicystic Kidney
  • Multicystic Kidney Dysplasia
  • Multicystic Renal Dysplasia
  • Dysplasia, Multicystic Kidney
  • Dysplasia, Multicystic Renal
  • Dysplasias, Multicystic Kidney
  • Dysplasias, Multicystic Renal
  • Kidney Dysplasia, Multicystic
  • Kidney Dysplasias, Multicystic
  • Multicystic Dysplastic Kidneys
  • Multicystic Kidney Dysplasias
  • Multicystic Kidneys
  • Multicystic Renal Dysplasias
  • Renal Dysplasia, Multicystic
  • Renal Dysplasias, Multicystic
  • Bilateral Multicystic Dysplastic Kidneys
  • Unilateral Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney

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34 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse with POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASES, a genetic defect

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History Note

2001

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Previous Indexing

  • Polycystic Kidney Diseases (1966-2000)

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  1. C12.050.351.875w.558w
  2. C12.050.351.968w.419w.403w.750w
  3. C12.200.706w.629w
  4. C12.200.777w.419w.403w.750w
  5. C12.800w.629w
  6. C12.950w.419w.403w.750w
  7. C16w.131w.939w.629w

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NLM Classification

WJ 358

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D021782. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D021782
  2. Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicystic_dysplastic_kidney
  3. Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6934642