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cystic kidney

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cystic kidney [′sis·tik ′kid·nē]
(medicine)
A kidney with one or more cysts.


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There were a number of underlying disorders that had resulted in CRF: diabetes mellitus (n=38); hypertension (n=62); glomerulonephritis (n=12); cystic kidney (n=14); diabetes mellitus and hypertension (n=10); analgesic nephropathy (n=7); neurogenic bladder (n=2); congenital narrowing of the ureter (n=2); kidney tuberculosis (n=1); and Alport syndrome (n=2).
In 2003, 23,000 people with cystic kidney disease (mostly PKD) received dialysis or a kidney transplant, making it the fourth leading cause of kidney failure in the country.
If strict testicular ultrasonic criteria are met, along with normal levels of tumor markers and additional sonographic evidence of mesonephric abnormalities, such as an ipsilateral cystic kidney, a nonoperative approach or testis-sparing excision of the lesion can be considered.
 
 
 
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