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Abnormal Bowman space morphology

MedGen UID:
1785580
•Concept ID:
C5539506
•
Anatomical Abnormality
HPO: HP:0033312

Definition

Structural anomaly located in Bowman's space, which represents the beginning of the urinary space and is contiguous with the proximal convoluted tubule of the nephron. [from HPO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

High-resolution ultrasonography in the differential diagnosis of cystic diseases of the kidney in infancy and childhood: preliminary experience.
Jain M, LeQuesne GW, Bourne AJ, Henning P
J Ultrasound Med 1997 Apr;16(4):235-40. doi: 10.7863/jum.1997.16.4.235. PMID: 9315149

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Renal Injuries after Cardiac Arrest: A Morphological Ultrastructural Study.
Tsivilika M, Kavvadas D, Karachrysafi S, Kotzampassi K, Grosomanidis V, Doumaki E, Meditskou S, Sioga A, Papamitsou T
Int J Mol Sci 2022 May 30;23(11) doi: 10.3390/ijms23116147. PMID: 35682826Free PMC Article
Linking spatial gene expression patterns to sex-specific brain structural changes on a mouse model of 16p11.2 hemideletion.
Kumar VJ, Grissom NM, McKee SE, Schoch H, Bowman N, Havekes R, Kumar M, Pickup S, Poptani H, Reyes TM, Hawrylycz M, Abel T, Nickl-Jockschat T
Transl Psychiatry 2018 May 29;8(1):109. doi: 10.1038/s41398-018-0157-z. PMID: 29844452Free PMC Article
Renal findings in patients with Mulibrey nanism.
Sivunen J, Karlberg S, Lohi J, Karlberg N, Lipsanen-Nyman M, Jalanko H
Pediatr Nephrol 2017 Sep;32(9):1531-1536. Epub 2017 Apr 22 doi: 10.1007/s00467-017-3669-5. PMID: 28432469
Focal high signal on MR scans of the midbrain caused by enlarged perivascular spaces: MR-pathologic correlation.
Elster AD, Richardson DN
AJR Am J Roentgenol 1991 Jan;156(1):157-60. doi: 10.2214/ajr.156.1.1898553. PMID: 1898553
Tamm-Horsfall protein. Abnormal localization in renal disease.
Resnick JS, Sisson S, Vernier RL
Lab Invest 1978 May;38(5):550-5. PMID: 347168

Diagnosis

Glomerulocystic disease, a rare cause of renal cysts in infants: A series of three cases.
Islam N, Mandal B, Bera G, Mukherjee S, Chatterjee U
Indian J Pathol Microbiol 2019 Jan-Mar;62(1):95-98. doi: 10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_643_17. PMID: 30706867
Acute kidney injury due to thin basement membrane disease mimicking Deferasirox nephrotoxicity: a case report.
Oda K, Katayama K, Tanoue A, Murata T, Hirota Y, Mizoguchi S, Hirabayashi Y, Ito T, Ishikawa E, Dohi K, Ito M
BMC Nephrol 2018 Dec 17;19(1):363. doi: 10.1186/s12882-018-1180-2. PMID: 30558557Free PMC Article
Selected case from the Arkadi M. Rywlin International Pathology Slide Series: Asymmetric, segmental glomerulocystic kidney in an infant with tuberous sclerosis complex.
Galliani CA, Gomez AM, Panniello G, Bisceglia M
Adv Anat Pathol 2015 Mar;22(2):135-43. doi: 10.1097/PAP.0000000000000055. PMID: 25664948
Dominantly transmitted glomerulocystic kidney disease: a distinct genetic entity.
Sharp CK, Bergman SM, Stockwin JM, Robbin ML, Galliani C, Guay-Woodford LM
J Am Soc Nephrol 1997 Jan;8(1):77-84. doi: 10.1681/ASN.V8177. PMID: 9013451
Neurosarcoidosis: gadolinium-enhanced MR imaging.
Williams DW 3rd, Elster AD, Kramer SI
J Comput Assist Tomogr 1990 Sep-Oct;14(5):704-7. PMID: 2398145

Therapy

Acute kidney injury due to thin basement membrane disease mimicking Deferasirox nephrotoxicity: a case report.
Oda K, Katayama K, Tanoue A, Murata T, Hirota Y, Mizoguchi S, Hirabayashi Y, Ito T, Ishikawa E, Dohi K, Ito M
BMC Nephrol 2018 Dec 17;19(1):363. doi: 10.1186/s12882-018-1180-2. PMID: 30558557Free PMC Article
Protective role of vitamin C and E against sodium arsenate induced changes in developing kidney of albino mice.
Qureshi F, Tahir M, Sami W
J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad 2009 Oct-Dec;21(4):63-9. PMID: 21067028
Acute kidney injury during warfarin therapy associated with obstructive tubular red blood cell casts: a report of 9 cases.
Brodsky SV, Satoskar A, Chen J, Nadasdy G, Eagen JW, Hamirani M, Hebert L, Calomeni E, Nadasdy T
Am J Kidney Dis 2009 Dec;54(6):1121-6. Epub 2009 Jul 4 doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.04.024. PMID: 19577348
Increased blood viscosity as the pathogenic agent in minimal change nephrosis: a new hypothesis.
Simpson LO
Med Hypotheses 1981 Dec;7(12):1421-9. doi: 10.1016/0306-9877(81)90140-7. PMID: 7334946
Glomerulocystic kidney. A hypothesis of origin and pathogenesis.
Krous HF, Richie JP, Sellers B
Arch Pathol Lab Med 1977 Sep;101(9):462-3. PMID: 578105

Prognosis

Renal Injuries after Cardiac Arrest: A Morphological Ultrastructural Study.
Tsivilika M, Kavvadas D, Karachrysafi S, Kotzampassi K, Grosomanidis V, Doumaki E, Meditskou S, Sioga A, Papamitsou T
Int J Mol Sci 2022 May 30;23(11) doi: 10.3390/ijms23116147. PMID: 35682826Free PMC Article
Glomerulocystic disease, a rare cause of renal cysts in infants: A series of three cases.
Islam N, Mandal B, Bera G, Mukherjee S, Chatterjee U
Indian J Pathol Microbiol 2019 Jan-Mar;62(1):95-98. doi: 10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_643_17. PMID: 30706867
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of proteinuria in diabetic nephropathy.
Wolf G, Ziyadeh FN
Nephron Physiol 2007;106(2):p26-31. Epub 2007 Jun 6 doi: 10.1159/000101797. PMID: 17570945
Neurosarcoidosis: gadolinium-enhanced MR imaging.
Williams DW 3rd, Elster AD, Kramer SI
J Comput Assist Tomogr 1990 Sep-Oct;14(5):704-7. PMID: 2398145
Bruit caused by aberrant carotid artery in the middle ear.
Britton BH
Surg Neurol 1988 Jul;30(1):71-2. doi: 10.1016/0090-3019(88)90184-x. PMID: 3394014

Clinical prediction guides

Acute kidney injury due to thin basement membrane disease mimicking Deferasirox nephrotoxicity: a case report.
Oda K, Katayama K, Tanoue A, Murata T, Hirota Y, Mizoguchi S, Hirabayashi Y, Ito T, Ishikawa E, Dohi K, Ito M
BMC Nephrol 2018 Dec 17;19(1):363. doi: 10.1186/s12882-018-1180-2. PMID: 30558557Free PMC Article
Renal findings in patients with Mulibrey nanism.
Sivunen J, Karlberg S, Lohi J, Karlberg N, Lipsanen-Nyman M, Jalanko H
Pediatr Nephrol 2017 Sep;32(9):1531-1536. Epub 2017 Apr 22 doi: 10.1007/s00467-017-3669-5. PMID: 28432469
When birth comes early: effects on nephrogenesis.
Black MJ, Sutherland MR, Gubhaju L, Kent AL, Dahlstrom JE, Moore L
Nephrology (Carlton) 2013 Mar;18(3):180-2. doi: 10.1111/nep.12028. PMID: 23279726
Focal high signal on MR scans of the midbrain caused by enlarged perivascular spaces: MR-pathologic correlation.
Elster AD, Richardson DN
AJR Am J Roentgenol 1991 Jan;156(1):157-60. doi: 10.2214/ajr.156.1.1898553. PMID: 1898553
Glomerulocystic kidneys. Report of an adult case.
Oh Y, Onoyama K, Kobayashi K, Nanishi F, Mitsuoka W, Ohchi N, Tsuruda H, Fujishima M
Nephron 1986;43(4):299-302. doi: 10.1159/000183858. PMID: 3736741

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