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Runs a progressive course
GIHAD (like jihad)
HTN, DM: >70% of cases
Most common potentially lethal single-gene disease
Renal failure likely by 50s
50% by age 60
No specific RX
Rx infxn
Aspirate cysts for pain
Rx HTN
2-3 Kg (HUGE)
Average: 100-150 g
Height...roughly 3 vertebral bodies
Extrarenal
Cysts elsewhere
Intracranial Berry aneurysms
Hepatic cysts
Nephrolithiasis
Infxn
Palpable kidney
Flank, Abd pain
Hematuria
HTN b4 renal
Thyroidization
Hydronephrosis, Hydroureter
U-shaped scars
Abscess
Patchy involvement
Inflammatory cell infiltration
Enlarged
Calyx-tubular reflux
Vesicoureteral reflux
Paraplegia
Cystitis
Obstruction
Stones
BPH
Tumors
Bloodstream
S. Aureus
Upward
Pyelonephritis
Papillary necrosis
Can be seen in:
Armanni-Ebstein Lesion
Glycogen w/in epithelial cells (vacuolated)
Glomerulus
Exudative lesions of DM
Lipohyalin [cap]
Lipid
Eosinophilic
Diffuse > Nodular lesion
Diffuse thickening of BM
Kidney
Retina
Skeletal muscle
Skin
Common cause of ESRD
Clinical Findings
HTN
Renal Failure
Proteinuria
Malignant nephrosclerosis
Onion-skin proliferation
"Flea-bitten kidney"
Tiny hemorrhages
Benign nephrosclerosis