All issues > Volume 25(6); 1982

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1982;25(6):628-632. Published online June 30, 1982.

Medullary Sponge Kidney.

Young Ho Kim¹, Kyo Sun Kim¹, Pyung Kil Kim¹, Ki Kun Oh²

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

Abstract

Medullary sponge kidney is uncommon disease and rare in children. It is characterized by localized dilatation of collecting ducts in renal pyramids. The diagnosis of medullary sponge ki-dney depends mainly upon intravenous and retrograde pyelography. This paper presented a case of medullary sponge kidney found in a 9-year-old boy during the study about enuresis, and a brief review of literature was made.

Keywords :Medullary sponge kidney