Ohne Titel

Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease

SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS

ETIOLOGY

Inheritance os PDK is:

-Autosomal Dominant

-Recessive

-Sporadic (rare)

It causes no symptoms initially

But can include low-grade flank, abdominal, and lower back pain due to cystic enlargement and symptoms of infection.

Acute pain, when it occurs, is usually due to hemorrhage into cysts or passage of a calculus.