16 year old male with high blood pressure for over 2 years diagnosed with localized cystic disease of the kidney. Periodic acid schiff stained (×10) nephrectomy specimen reveals cysts lined largely by a simple low is cuboidal epithelium (black arrows). There are no papillary areas. Hemorrhage noted in the cyst (black star) and inflammatory reaction in which macrophages are prominent is also noted, the intervening tissue between the cysts (white star) contains compressed glomeruli and tubules. The tubules are mature and no blastema or immature fetal elements are identified. Localized cystic disease of the kidney: a rare cause of hypertension in a young adult: Solak A, Gür MS, Genç B, Sahin N - Journal of clinical imaging science (2013). Not altered. CC.
Cystic diseases of the kidney comprise a heterogeneous group of hereditary, developmental but nonhereditary, and acquired syndromes.
Examples of cystic diseases of the kidney include:
- Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
- Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease
- Cystic diseases of the renal medulla
- Multicystic renal dysplasia
- Simple cysts
- Acquired (dialysis-associated) cystic disease
