Developmental and Cystic Diseases Flashcards
DX?
- retinal hemangioblastomas
- cerebellar hemangioblastomas
- pheochromocytomas
- renal cell carcinoma
Von Hippel Lindau disease
How does Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease present?
- chronic flank pain
- intermittent hematuria
- HTN
- chronic renal failure in the fifth decade of life
Who gets Acquired renal cystic disease (ARCD)?
- pts with ESRD
- esp if on dialysis
- esp if male
DX?
- kidneys are enlarged bilaterally, but still reniform
- Radial cysts are less than 3 mm in diameter extend from the papillary tips to the surface of the cortex
- Microscopically, cysts are dilated collecting tubules lined by cuboidal epithelium
Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease
What does a Congenital Mesoblastic Nephroma consist of?
- solitary firm round infiltrating fibrous mass
- composed of bland spindle cells
What is Beckwith-Weidemann syndrome (BWS)?
- gigantism
- macroglossia
- exomphalmos
- Wilms tumors
This is the under development of a kidney with contralateral compensatory hypertrophy.
Renal Hypoplasia
What do mutations in TSC1 on 9q34 and TSC2 on 16p13 cause?
Tuberous sclerosis
What is horseshoe kidney?
the anlage of the kidneys is fused (90% of the time at the lower pole)
How do pts with Acquired renal cystic disease (ARCD)present clinically?
- gross hematuria
- flank pain
- renal colic
- a palpable renal mass
DX?
- facial nevi
- cardiac rhabdomyomas
- epilepsy
- angiofibromas
- mental retardation
- multiple renal angiomyolipomas
Tuberous sclerosis
What is the most common cause of an abdominal mass in the newborn period?
Multicystic dysplasia of the kidney (MCDK)
What does a deletion of 11p13 including PAX6 cause?
Beckwith-Weidemann syndrome (BWS)
Renal Ectopia (Malposition) may result in _____ obstruction and ______-shaped kidneys.
ureteral; discoid
DX?
- multicystic dysplastic
- abnormally shaped- resembles a bunch of grapes
- Numerous and irregularly sized, smooth walled cysts range from less than 1 mm to several centimeters in diameter
- cysts contain a clear or yellow fluid
- Primitive epithelial ducts and nests of metaplastic cartilage
Multicystic dysplasia of the kidney (MCDK)
What does a “ring sign” on prenatal sonogram indicate?
Congenital Mesoblastic Nephroma
Pts with Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease also are usually found to have?
- hepatic cysts
- mitral valve prolapse
- diverticulosis
- cerebral aneurysms
- pancreatic cysts
What is the most common malignant tumor of childhood?
Nephroblastoma (Wilms tumor)
This syndrome includes:
- gigantism
- macroglossia
- exomphalmos
- high propensity for Wilms tumors
Beckwith-Weidemann syndrome (BWS)
What is Renal Ectopia (Malposition)?
failure of the kidney to rise out of the pelvis or to rotate medially
What causes Von Hippel Lindau disease?
a mutation in VHL gene on 3p25
What is the most common cause of ESRD in the first 2 decades of life?
Nephronophthisis-medullary cystic kidney disease complex (NMCD)
______ or ______ atresia is always present in multicystic dysplasia of the kidney (MCDK).
Ureteral; ureteropelvic
What causes WAGR (Wilms tumor, Aniridia, Genitourinary malformation and mental Retardation)?
deletion of 11p13 including PAX6 and WT1
When does a Nephroblastoma (Wilms tumor) present?
age 4-6
What does a Nephroblastoma (Wilms tumor) consist of?
- solitary budging tumor
- triphasic histology:
- stromal (fibroblastic)
- blastemal (small round blue cells)
- epithelial (tubules) components
What other findings are usually found in pts with Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease?
- liver is grossly enlarged, with bile duct proliferation and periportal fibrosis called congenital hepatic fibrosis (CHF)
- HTN
- growth retardation
What causes Tuberous sclerosis?
- mutations in TSC1 on 9q34
- mutaions in TSC2 on 16p13
How does Multicystic dysplasia of the kidney (MCDK) occur?
from an abnormal induction of the metanephric blastema by the ureteral bud
What is Renal Hypoplasia?
the under development of a kidney with contralateral compensatory hypertrophy
What is the tx for Congenital Mesoblastic Nephroma?
surgery
What causes Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease?
- mutations in PKD1 (90%) on 16p13
- mutations in PKD2 (10%) on 4q21
This disease is caused from an abnormal induction of the metanephric blastema by the ureteral bud.
Multicystic dysplasia of the kidney (MCDK)
What is Acquired renal cystic disease (ARCD)?
- cortical cysts filled with clear fluid
- usually 0.5cm in diameter that may grow to 3cm
- later develop in the medulla.
What is the most common renal lesion?
simple cysts
What is Renal Dysplasia?
- abnormal metanephric tissue differentiation of the kidney tissue with cysts and heterotopic tissues such as cartilage
- due to pleuripotent potential of renal anlage
What is the prognosis for Renal Agenesis/Aplasia?
incompatible with postnatal life :(
How does a Nephroblastoma (Wilms tumor) look on imaging?
a solitary abdominal mass with “claw sign”
What does a solitary abdominal mass with “claw sign” indicate?
Nephroblastoma (Wilms tumor)
This is failure of the kidney to rise out of the pelvis or to rotate medially.
Renal Ectopia (Malposition)
Which kidney is most often affected in Renal Agenesis/Aplasia?
the left
How do the kidneys appear in Nephronophthisis-medullary cystic kidney disease complex (NMCD)?
- bilateral small kidneys
- cortical atrophy with a thickened, pitted, granular, capsular surface
- Spherical cysts located primarily at the corticomedullary junction
- Microscopic: cysts lined by single layers of cuboidal epithelium with a thickened basement membrane
What is the most common kidney tumor from age 0-6?
Congenital Mesoblastic Nephroma
What does due to PKHD1 on 6p21 encode?
fibrocystin
What happens to the kidneys in Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease?
- kidneys are bilaterally enlarged
- multiple cysts distributed uniformly through the medulla and cortex
- cycts containing clear to hemorrhagic fluid
- Cystic dilation of all segments of the nephron
Name 2 genetic syndromes that Wilms tumors are associated with.
- Beckwith-Weidemann syndrome (BWS)
- WAGR (Wilms tumor, Aniridia, Genitourinary malformation and mental Retardation)
How does someone get Nephronophthisis-medullary cystic kidney disease complex (NMCD)?
it’s auto recessive
These are:
- cortical cysts filled with clear fluid
- usually 0.5cm in diameter that may grow to 3cm
- later develop in the medulla.
Acquired renal cystic disease (ARCD)
DX?
- liver is grossly enlarged, with bile duct proliferation and periportal fibrosis called congenital hepatic fibrosis (CHF)
- HTN
- growth retardation
Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease
What does ARCD stand for?
Acquired renal cystic disease
Pts with horseshoe kidney are at increased risk for ______.
urolithiasis
What is the Tuberous sclerosis phenotype?
- facial nevi
- cardiac rhabdomyomas
- epilepsy
- angiofibromas
- mental retardation
- multiple renal angiomyolipomas
What is the Von Hippel Lindau disease phenotype?
- retinal hemangioblastomas
- cerebellar hemangioblastomas
- pheochromocytomas
- renal cell carcinoma
What does a mutation in VHL gene on 3p25 cause?
Von Hippel Lindau disease
This is abnormal metanephric tissue differentiation of the kidney tissue with cysts and heterotopic tissues (such as cartilage) due to pleuripotent potential of renal anlage.
Renal Dysplasia
_____ may result in ureteral obstruction and discoid shaped kidneys.
Renal Ectopia (Malposition)
What may develop from Acquired renal cystic disease (ARCD)?
renal cell carcinoma
What causes Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease?
mutations o PKHD1 on 6p21
How does the kidney appear in Multicystic dysplasia of the kidney (MCDK)?
- multicystic dysplastic
- abnormally shaped- resembles a bunch of grapes
- Numerous and irregularly sized, smooth walled cysts range from less than 1 mm to several centimeters in diameter
- contain a clear or yellow fluid
- Primitive epithelial ducts and nests of metaplastic cartilage
Name the 2 most common pediatric renal tumors.
- Congenital Mesoblastic Nephroma
- Nephroblastoma (Wilms tumor)
Where do cysts develop in Von Hippel Lindau disease?
- renal
- pancreatic
- hepatic
- epididymal
Name the disease:
- kidneys are bilaterally enlarged
- multiple variably sized renal cysts distributed uniformly through the medulla and cortex
- cysts contain clear to hemorrhagic fluid
- cystic dilation involves all segments of the nephron
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
This is the anlage of the kidneys is fused (90% of the time at the lower pole).
horseshoe kidney
What does a deletion of 11p13 including PAX6 and WT1 cause?
WAGR (Wilms tumor, Aniridia, Genitourinary malformation and mental Retardation)
This kidney disease is due to failure of the metanephric diverticulum to develop or bc of its early degeneration.
Renal Agenesis/Aplasia
What does NMCD stand for?
Nephronophthisis-medullary cystic kidney disease complex
What are the kidneys like in Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease?
- enlarged bilaterally but still reniform
- Radial cysts are less than 3 mm in diameter
- cysts extend from the papillary tips to the surface of the cortex
- Microscopically cysts are dilated collecting tubules lined by cuboidal epithelium
Ureteral or ureteropelvic atresia is always present in _____.
Multicystic dysplasia of the kidney (MCDK)