Polycystic kidney disease in children

Polycystic kidney (PK) has numerous cysts containing urine-like fluid in the renal cortex and medulla, which are diffusely distributed. There are two types of inheritance, one is autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, which usually occurs in adulthood, but it can also occur in newborns. In the past, this type has been called adult PK; the other type is often stained Sexual hereditary type, which was called infantile PK in the past, shows symptoms at birth and is even killed during the neonatal period. However, this type is also found in adults in recent years. The former type is more common, about 12 to 24 times the latter type.

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