Medullary cystic kidney disease (MCKD) is a rare condition in which cysts form in the center of the kidneys. These cysts scar the kidneys and cause them to malfunction. The damage leads the ...

The two distinct types of medullary cystic kidney disease are caused by mutations in either the MCKD1 or MCKD2 gene. 17,18 These diseases are also characterized by bilaterally shrunken kidneys ...

Despite Medullary cystic kidney disease type 1 (MCKD1) being a rare genetic kidney disease,it is an autosomal dominant disease, once the mutation is in a family, many family members are affected.

To the Editor: Goldman et al., in their article in the May 5 issue of the Journal have introduced another confusion about the relation or difference between medullary sponge kidney disease and ...

Mutations causing medullary cystic kidney disease type 1 lie in a large VNTR in MUC1 missed by massively parallel sequencing. Nat. Genet. 45, 299–303 (2013).

Many conditions can damage the medulla, including medullary sponge kidney, medullary cystic kidney, kidney infection, and renal medullary carcinoma. Some medications, such as NSAIDs and ...

There have been a variety of names for these conditions, including medullary cystic kidney disease (MCKD), despite medullary cysts being far from universal, and familial juvenile hyperuricemic ...

Hernandez was diagnosed with medullary cystic kidney disease, an inherited condition that ends in kidney failure. In Hernandez’s case, the condition resulted in her arteries atrophying.

Acquired cystic kidney disease (ACKD) is another condition that causes cysts to grow in your kidneys. It doesn’t run in families like PKD, but happens in adults and children with chronic kidney ...

Among patients with medullary carcinoma, having Medicare (HR 5.70, 95% CI 2.58-12.59) and stage III or stage IV disease (HR 6.48, 95% CI 1.87-22.37) were associated with adverse prognosis.

I had a cystoscopy on the 13.01.2009. The urologist also did a CT scan and picked up multiple medullary cysts in my left kidney. This was also confirmed in a MRI. Please tell me if this is something ...