MULTICYSTIC KIDNEY IN SIBLINGS

Two siblings (one girl and one boy), with a left multicystic kidney in whom a renal abnormality had been recognized prenatally, are reported . A large renal mass was present in both patients and the second sibli ng also had hypertension, Early surgical resection was carried out wit h satisfactory clinical progress and resolution of the hypertension. M ulticystic kidney is considered a developmental abnormality with a spo radic incidence. These cases and other reports of familial incidence i n the literature indicate that there may also be a genetic basis for t he abnormality. Copyright (C) 1997 by W.B. Saunders Company