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Unilateral Cystic Kidney Disease in a Young Female
Nicholas W Salupo1, Megan Grant1, Shashikant Patel2
1Internal Medicine, Grandview Medical Center, Dayton, USA.
Abstract:
Unilateral renal cystic disease has been mostly reported in older male patients; however, this case is novel as the youngest reported case in the literature and in a female patient. We present a 22-year-old female with no past medical history and no family history of renal disease that was incidentally found to have unilateral renal cystic disease on computed tomography imaging. The patient's renal function was not impaired and the cystic kidney was found to be functioning appropriately on an intravenous pyelogram. The unilateral cystic disease is benign but must be differentiated from autosomal dominant polycystic disease to prevent morbidity and mortality.
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