What are the characteristics of children polycystic kidney disease do?

In recent years, an increasing number of patients polycystic kidney disease, is one of the most common congenital cystic kidney disease. Genetic approach showed autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive inheritance both. Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease, also known as infantile or childhood type polycystic kidney disease, is a rare disease. So, what are the characteristics of children polycystic kidney disease do?

Congenital polycystic kidney disease and polycystic kidney disease: congenital polycystic kidney disease seen in infants and children, there is a large abdominal mass in the left side, if you do the kidneys B-mode ultrasound examination can confirm the diagnosis.

Children polycystic kidney disease inheritance: autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, are congenital, not sick children do not carry cysts genes, such as polycystic kidney disease with no congenital heterosexual marriage, their children do not get sick, that is not atavistic.

Children polycystic kidney disease Age: usually bilateral disease, unilateral disease are rare. The disease is familial tendency, often accompanied by polycystic lung, polycystic liver disease, cerebral vascular malformations and other organ diseases.

Children polycystic kidney pathological changes: since the beginning of renal cysts may be only a few, but with the progression and gradually increased, eventually the kidney cysts are occupied. Patients with early congenital polycystic kidneys of normal size, the latter increases with age, and the emergence of morphological abnormalities. Cysts spherical, sizes and shapes.