Pathogenesis
Inherited Acquired
alterations in genes
formation and function of
cilia-centrosome complex
of tubular epithelial cells.
obstructive, degenerative,
stromal–epithelial
malinductive, and
neoplastic mechanisms.
Pathogenesis
• Advances in molecular genetics have led to
the identification of > 70 genes
• Requires a methodical and meticulous
approach to differential diagnosis
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Cyst Polycystic
• any closed cavity
• with an epithelial lining
• genetically determined
cystic lesions
• AD adult form or AR
infantile form
• Bilateral
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Multicystic Pluricystic Sponge kidney
• multiple cystic
lesions
• most frequently
sporadic
• small, large,
segmental
• u/l
• multiple renal
cysts
• inherited and
noninherited
syndrome
• with extrarenal
manifestations
• usually sporadic
cystic abnormality
• commonly
diagnosed
radiographically
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Glomerulocystic Microcystic Cystic tumor/ Or
cystic change in
a tumor
glomerular cyst congenital nephrotic
syndrome
neoplasm forming
cystic spaces, fluid
secretion, and/or
degenerative
cavitation
Classification
1.Autosomal
Dominant
Polycystic kidney
Disease ADPKD
• Classic ADPKD
of adults
• ADPKD of
infants
2.Autosomal
Recessive Polycystic
Kidney Disease
ARPKD
• Classic of
newborn
• ARPKD &
congenital
hepatic fibrosis
in adults
3.Unilateral Renal
Cystic Disease
URCD
• Or Localised/
segmental
cystic disease
of kidney
Classification
15. Renal cell carcinoma with cystic change
i. Multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma
ii. Unilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma
iii. Carcinoma arising in a unilocular cyst
iv. Necrotic cystic renal cell carcinoma
v. Carcinoma arising in the background of ADPKD
vi. Tubulo-cystic carcinoma of the kidney
vii. Primary thyroid-like follicular carcinoma of the kidney
viii. Renal medullary carcinoma
Potter’s classification
Type I Type II Type III Type IV
Infantine
ARPDK
Multicystic renal
dysplasia
Multilocular cystic
nephroma.
ADPDK
Tuberous
sclerosis.
Medullary sponge
kidney.
Small cortical cysts
cystic
renal dysplasia secon
dary
to ureteropelvic junct
ion obstruction.
IIA IIB
normal /
increased
size.
reduced
in size.
ADPKD
Outer Surface
• Markedly enlarged
(3-4kg)
• Adult
• Large cysts
• Filling up the kidney
Cut surface
• Very large cysts
• Filled with clear
fluids
• Or hemorrhage
Medullary sponge kidney (MSK)
• Congenital, sporadic,
b/l, incidental
finding
• Renal failure:
unlikely
• Result from : severe
pyelonephritis.
Medullary sponge kidney (MSK)
• 0.1- 0.5 cm cysts
• Inner medullary and
papillary regions
• Cortex appears
normal
Cystic Change with Obstruction
• Fetus & newborn: urinary tract obstruction
• Cystic change can occur in the kidneys
• In addition to hydroureter, hydronephrosis,
and bladder dilation
• Grossly: may not be apparent
• The cysts may be < 1 mm in size.
Cystic Change with Obstruction
Gross
• Ureteral
obstruction -
hydronephrosis
• Cortical
microcyst
formation
• Microcysts:
grossly may not
visible
Cystic Change with Obstruction
Microscopy
• Cysts appear near
the nephrogenic
zone
• Developing glome
ruli are most
sensitive to the
increased pressure
• Cortical microcysts
Renal failure on long-term dialysis
• > numerous: simple
renal cysts
• < numerous & smaller
:cysts with ADPKD
• Size of the kidneys is
not markedly
increased
Renal cell carcinoma with cystic
change
• 4% to 15% of RCCs
• 30% of clear cell variant (ccRCC).
• Cystic RCC: a predominantly cystic pattern of
growth
• Neoplastic cells occupying </= 25% of tumor
volume
Renal cell carcinoma with cystic
change
• 2019 Bosniak classification : multilocular cystic
RCC to multilocular cystic renal neoplasm of
low malignant potential (MCNLMP)
• Cystic clear cell (CC) RCC : favourable outcome
compared to non-cystic CC RCC
Glomerulocystic disease is a primary disease
glomerulocystic kidney : kidney with glomerular cysts as a dominant manifestation
Radiological classification
Occasionally, a simple renal cyst can reach a large size and mimic a tumor mass, though the difference is usually obvious with radiographic procedures. Such a large cyst can be complicated by hemorrhage or rupture.
PKD1 gene, encoding for polycystin-1
1. other organs may be involved in adults with polycystic change, including liver (and less commonly pancreas)
2.intracranial berry aneurysms are more common, and rupture of such an aneurysm may preceed development of renal failure.
The kidneys are affected bilaterally, so that in utero, there is typically oligohydramnios because of poor renal function and failure to form significant amounts of fetal urine. The most significant result from oligohydramnios is pulmonary hypoplasia, so that newborns do not have sufficient lung capacity to survive, irrespective of any attempt to treat renal failure.
2.liver: there is expansion of portal tracts from ductal plate malformation with increased numbers of dilated bile ductules in expanded fibrous connective tissue, called congenital hepatic fibrosis
Meckel-Gruber syndrome
2. disease is bilateral, the problems associated with oligohydramnios are present, with pulmonary hypoplasia
No normal renal parenchyma is left
The liver will not show congenital hepatic fibrosis.
patients with MSK can develop calculi, typically in association with hypercalciuria.
"Type IV" in the Potter's classification
the kidneys are still generally small, because most diseases leading to renal failure produce small, shrunken kidneys with end-stage renal disease.
Medullary cystic infant form: enlarged kidney
Also called juvenile nephropthisis