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Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1995;38(1):91-98. Published online January 15, 1995.

Cystic Kidney Disease According to Potter's Classification

Kee Hyuck KH Kim², Sung Chul SC Shin², Soon Il SI Lee², Je Geun JG Chi³

²Department of Pediatrics, Sowha Children`s Hospital, Seoul, Korea
³Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

The cystic disease of the kidney include a heterogeneous group of developmental, hereditary, and acquired disorders. Based on extensive microdissection studies, Potter concluded all renal cystic diseases could be categorized into four types. We have experienced 5 cases of cystic kidney disease which were confirmed by aoutopsy and classified as Type I, Type II, Type III, Boderline between types II and III and Type IV according to Potter's classification. We report these cases with a review of literatures.

Keywords :Cystic kidney disease, Potter's classification