Kidney (Renal) Dysplasia and Cystic Disease
Most kidneys work well cleaning the blood from waste and keeping the body's fluids and electrolytes in balance. A problem can occur during early kidney development in utero that results in an abnormal kidney (kidney dysplasia). Cysts, or fluid filled sacs, replace normal kidney tissue. As a result, kidney function can deteriorate before or after birth. Children with end stage kidney function will require blood-filtering treatment (kidney dialysis) until a kidney is available to be transplanted.
Archived from the 2024 edition
Overview
The kidneys are 2 bean-shaped organs, each about the size of a fist. They're found in your upper back on either side of the spine.
Reduced kidney function linked to renal dysplasia and cystic disease, may cause no problems at all. But over time health problems may develop.
In this entry
The archived page carried these sections, in this order.
- What Happens Under Normal Conditions?
- Diagnosis
- Causes
- Types of Renal Dysplasia and Cystic Disease
- Renal Agenesis
- Renal Dysplasia
- Renal Hypoplasia
- Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease (ARPK)
- Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPK)
- Juvenile Nephronophthisis and Medullary Cystic Disease Complex