Polycystic kidney disease
Polycystic kidney disease From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Polycystic Kidney Disease ) Jump to navigation Jump to search Congenital disorder of urinary system Medical condition Polycystic kidney disease Other names Kidney - polycystic [1] Severely affected polycystic kidneys removed at time of transplantation Specialty Nephrology Symptoms Abdominal pain [1] Types ADPKD [2] and ARPKD [3] Diagnostic method MRI, CT scan, Ultrasound [1] Treatment Antihypertensives, Life style management [4] Polycystic kidney disease ( PKD or PCKD , also known as polycystic kidney syndrome ) is a genetic disorder in which the renal tubules become structurally abnormal, resulting in the development and growth of multiple cysts within the kidney. [5] These cysts may begin to develop in utero, in infancy, in childhood, or in adulthood. [6...