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Multiple small medullary renal cysts

MedGen UID:
892386
Concept ID:
C4024644
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Medullary cystic disease; Medullary sponge kidney disease
 
HPO: HP:0008659

Definition

The presence of many cysts in the medulla of the kidney. [from HPO]

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  • Multiple small medullary renal cysts

Conditions with this feature

Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia 3
MedGen UID:
322173
Concept ID:
C1833372
Disease or Syndrome
Any familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia in which the cause of the disease is a mutation in the AP2S1 gene.
Alagille syndrome due to a JAG1 point mutation
MedGen UID:
365434
Concept ID:
C1956125
Disease or Syndrome
Alagille syndrome (ALGS) is a multisystem disorder with a wide spectrum of clinical variability; this variability is seen even among individuals from the same family. The major clinical manifestations of ALGS are bile duct paucity on liver biopsy, cholestasis, congenital cardiac defects (primarily involving the pulmonary arteries), butterfly vertebrae, ophthalmologic abnormalities (most commonly posterior embryotoxon), and characteristic facial features. Renal abnormalities, growth failure, developmental delays, splenomegaly, and vascular abnormalities may also occur.
Polycystic kidney disease 4
MedGen UID:
1621793
Concept ID:
C4540575
Disease or Syndrome
Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) belongs to a group of congenital hepatorenal fibrocystic syndromes and is a cause of significant renal and liver-related morbidity and mortality in children. The majority of individuals with ARPKD present in the neonatal period with enlarged echogenic kidneys. Renal disease is characterized by nephromegaly, hypertension, and varying degrees of renal dysfunction. More than 50% of affected individuals with ARPKD progress to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) within the first decade of life; ESRD may require kidney transplantation. Pulmonary hypoplasia resulting from oligohydramnios occurs in a number of affected infants. Approximately 30% of these infants die in the neonatal period or within the first year of life from respiratory insufficiency or superimposed pulmonary infections. With neonatal respiratory support and renal replacement therapies, the long-term survival of these infants has improved to greater than 80%. As advances in renal replacement therapy and kidney transplantation improve long-term survival, it is likely that clinical hepatobiliary disease will become a major feature of the natural history of ARPKD. In addition, a subset of individuals with this disorder are identified with hepatosplenomegaly; the renal disease is often mild and may be discovered incidentally during imaging studies of the abdomen. Approximately 50% of infants will have clinical evidence of liver involvement at diagnosis although histologic hepatic fibrosis is invariably present at birth. This can lead to progressive portal hypertension with resulting esophageal or gastric varices, enlarged hemorrhoids, splenomegaly, hypersplenism, protein-losing enteropathy, and gastrointestinal bleeding. Other hepatic findings include nonobstructed dilatation of the intrahepatic bile ducts (Caroli syndrome) and dilatation of the common bile duct, which may lead to recurrent or persistent bacterial ascending cholangitis due to dilated bile ducts and stagnant bile flow. An increasing number of affected individuals surviving the neonatal period will eventually require portosystemic shunting or liver transplantation for complications of portal hypertension or cholangitis. The classic neonatal presentation of ARPKD notwithstanding, there is significant variability in age and presenting clinical symptoms related to the relative degree of renal and biliary abnormalities.
COACH syndrome 1
MedGen UID:
1769861
Concept ID:
C5435651
Disease or Syndrome
Any COACH syndrome in which the cause of the disease is a variation in the TMEM67 gene.

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Pisani I, Giacosa R, Giuliotti S, Moretto D, Regolisti G, Cantarelli C, Vaglio A, Fiaccadori E, Manenti L
BMC Nephrol 2020 Oct 12;21(1):430. doi: 10.1186/s12882-020-02084-1. PMID: 33046028Free PMC Article
Dimitri P, De Franco E, Habeb AM, Gurbuz F, Moussa K, Taha D, Wales JK, Hogue J, Slavotinek A, Shetty A, Balasubramanian M
Am J Med Genet A 2016 Jul;170(7):1918-23. Epub 2016 May 5 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.37680. PMID: 27148679

Diagnosis

Pisani I, Giacosa R, Giuliotti S, Moretto D, Regolisti G, Cantarelli C, Vaglio A, Fiaccadori E, Manenti L
BMC Nephrol 2020 Oct 12;21(1):430. doi: 10.1186/s12882-020-02084-1. PMID: 33046028Free PMC Article
Meola M, Samoni S, Petrucci I
Contrib Nephrol 2016;188:131-43. Epub 2016 May 12 doi: 10.1159/000445475. PMID: 27169876
Roque A, Herédia V, Ramalho M, de Campos R, Ferreira A, Azevedo R, Semelka R
Abdom Imaging 2012 Feb;37(1):140-6. doi: 10.1007/s00261-011-9745-6. PMID: 21717136
Kinoshita H, Fujimoto S, Yokota N, Ochiai H, Hisanaga S, Hara S, Sumiyoshi A, Eto T
Intern Med 1998 Jan;37(1):83-5. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.37.83. PMID: 9510407

Therapy

Roque A, Herédia V, Ramalho M, de Campos R, Ferreira A, Azevedo R, Semelka R
Abdom Imaging 2012 Feb;37(1):140-6. doi: 10.1007/s00261-011-9745-6. PMID: 21717136

Prognosis

Kumada S, Hayashi M, Arima K, Nakayama H, Sugai K, Sasaki M, Kurata K, Nagata M
Am J Med Genet A 2004 Nov 15;131(1):71-6. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30294. PMID: 15384098

Clinical prediction guides

Roque A, Herédia V, Ramalho M, de Campos R, Ferreira A, Azevedo R, Semelka R
Abdom Imaging 2012 Feb;37(1):140-6. doi: 10.1007/s00261-011-9745-6. PMID: 21717136
Kumada S, Hayashi M, Arima K, Nakayama H, Sugai K, Sasaki M, Kurata K, Nagata M
Am J Med Genet A 2004 Nov 15;131(1):71-6. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30294. PMID: 15384098

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