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Multicystic dysplastic kidney ultrasound
Introduction
Ultrasound
Ultrasound
MCDK is usually diagnosed by ultrasound examination before birth.
- Mass of non-communicating cysts of variable size.
- Unlike severe hydronephrosis, in which the largest cystic structure (the renal pelvis) lies in a central location and is surrounded by dilated calices, in multicystic dysplastic kidney the cyst distribution shows no recognizable pattern.
- Dysplastic, echogenic parenchyma may be visible between the cysts, but no normal renal parenchyma is seen.
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Ultrasonography: Multicystic dysplastic kidney -
Ultrasonography: Multicystic dysplastic kidney
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Ultrasonography: Multicystic dysplastic kidney -
Ultrasonography: Multicystic dysplastic kidney
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References
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]