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