CASE REPORT
Year : 2017  |  Volume : 10  |  Issue : 5  |  Page : 479-481

Unilateral multicystic dysplastic kidney with ipsilateral grade V vesicoureteral reflux: A case report of a rare association

Savita Agarwal1, Bhawana A Badhe2, Pinki Pandey1, Megha Ralli1
1 Department of Pathology, UP UMS, Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, India
2 Department of Pathology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India

Correspondence Address:
Megha Ralli
Department of Pathology, UP UMS, Saifai, Etawah - 206 130, Uttar Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0975-2870.218185

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Multicystic renal dysplasia is a common cause of childhood end-stage renal failure and is categorized under the entity known as congenital anomalies of kidney and urinary tract. With the increasing knowledge about their natural history, it is now known that most of the cases of unilateral multicystic dysplastic kidney undergo spontaneous involution; thus, most of the pediatric urologists now prefer conservative management with long-term nephrological and urological observation. However, the presence of recurrent urinary tract infection as in the present case report due to associated ipsilateral Grade V vesicoureteral reflux, a rare associated finding mandates nephrectomy.


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