2000-09-04-15 Infantile polycystic kidney disease © Rasero www.thefetus.net/
Recessive kidney disease
José Luis Bartha Rasero, MD
, José Arrabal Velazquez, MD
This fetus presented a large amount of ascites and the initial diagnosis had been omphalocele with intrabdominal mass. On further examination, the ascites had been confused with amniotic fluid and the mass was a large left kidney with Infantile Polycystic Kidney Disease. The left kidney was larger but at pathology there was bilateral involvement with marked asymmetry of size of both kidneys.
- The large echogenic left kidney
- The ascites
- The anhydramnios
The cord insertion helps assess where the abdominal wall truly is.
The scaphocephaly resulting from the oligohydramnios.