All issues > Volume 35(8); 1992

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1992;35(8):1044-1050. Published online August 15, 1992.

Acquired Renal Cystic Disease in Childhood Chronic Renal Failure

Tae Sun TS Ha¹, Seong Hoon SH Ha¹, Il Soo IS Ha¹, Hae Il HI Cheong¹, Yong Y Choi¹, Kwang Wook KW Ko¹, Woo Sun WS Kim², Kim In KI One²

¹Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

The authors evaluated 19 childrenwith chronic renal failure patients diagnosed and followed up at the Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Hospital for the detection of acquired renal cystic disease (ARCD) with two radiologists by the means of ultrasonography. The results were as follows: 1) Of the 19 patients, male to femals ratio was 14:5 and of them, hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis were done in 10 and 5, respectively. 2) ARCD was detected in 14 patients (74%), and no statistical difference were noted between dialytic and non0dialytic groups. 3) Renal cysts were found mainly in the cortico-medullary junction. In 10 patients, cysts were detected bilaterally and in 8 patients, there were multiple cysts over 5 in numbers. 4) There were no significant correlation between the kiney size and the detection rate. 5) The mean durations of uremia in cystic and non-cystic kidneys were 13.2 months and 61 months, respectively. 6) We could not found any related clinical symptoms or signs associated with ARCD and complicated problems.

Keywords :Chronic renal failure, Acquired renal cystic disease, Children