Morinaga, Hidetaka

Shimomura, Mamoru

A well-developed fourty-minutes-old male neonate with polycystic kidneys was held an autopsy. Both kidneys were remarkably enlarged and had uniform sponge-like appearances. The cortex and medulla was replaced by innumerable small cysts with lining cuboidal epithelium, reflecting their origin from tubules. The glomerulus was observed disseminatedly. The liver had several bile duct cysts varying in size. There are various abnormalities of renal differentiation which results in cystic disease. One of them, infantile polycystic kidney is rare and specific type. Classification of polycystic kidney was reviewed here.Acta medica Nagasakiensia. 1977, 22(1-2), p.98-10

An Autopsy Case of Infantile Polycystic Kidney

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