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16-year-old male with high blood pressure for over 2 years diagnosed with localized cystic disease of the kidney. Ultrasonography of the upper abdomen demonstrates multiple variable-sized cysts in the upper pole (arrows) of the right kidney (a) while the left kidney appears normal (b).
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An abdominal ultrasound showed multiple variable-sized cysts in the upper pole of the right kidney with normal left kidney and lower pole of the right kidney [Figure 1].
16-year-old male with high blood pressure for over 2 years diagnosed with localized cystic disease of the kidney. T2 weighted (a) coronal and (b) sagittal MR images show the upper pole of the right kidney is filled with multiple, round, well marginated cysts of various sizes without capsule formation (arrow).
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A gadolinium-enhanced MRI revealed that the upper pole of the right kidney was completely filled with multiple round, well-marginated cysts of varying size without capsule formation [Figure 2].
16 year old male with high blood pressure for over 2 years diagnosed with localized cystic disease of the kidney. Gross image of the partial nephrectomy specimen shows multiple well demarcated cysts of various sizes (arrows). They contain dark brown or clear serous fluid.
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Nephrectomy specimen on macroscopic examination showed conglomerate cysts of various sizes in the kidney [Figure 3a]. Microscopy examination showed cysts containing dark brown or clear serous fluid and surrounded by mono-layered flat-cuboidal epithelium without evidence of tumor or papillary formation [Figure 3b].