Artigo Revisado por pares

Renal histology and MRI findings in a 37-year-old Japanese patient with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease

2017; Dustri-Verlag; Volume: 88; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5414/cn109179

ISSN

0301-0430

Autores

Yusuke Ito, Akinari Sekine, Daisuke Takada, Junko Yabuuchi, Yuta Kogure, Toshiharu Ueno, Keiichi Sumida, Masayuki Yamanouchi, Noriko Hayami, Tatsuya Suwabe, Junichi Hoshino, Naoki Sawa, Kenmei Takaichi, Keiichi Kinowaki, Takeshi Fujii, Kenichi Ohashi, Hiroaki Kikuchi, Shintaro Mandai, Motoko Chiga, Takayasu Mori, Eisei Sohara, Shinichi Uchida, Yoshifumi Ubara,

Tópico(s)

Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies

Resumo

A 37-year-old Japanese man with a serum creatinine level of 2.5 mg/dL and hepatomegaly was admitted to our hospital for investigation of renal failure. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed hepatomegaly with small cystic lesions that had high signal intensity on T2-weighted images. There was no splenomegaly, and the kidneys were nearly normal in size with a few small cystic lesions. Renal biopsy revealed that interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy affected 60% of the cortex. There was cystic tubular dilation, mainly affecting the distal loop of Henle and distal tubules, since immunohistochemical staining of the dilated tubules was positive for cytokeratin 7 and Tamm-Horsfall protein but was negative for aquaporin 3 and CD10. Immunofluorescence microscopy and electron microscopy did not demonstrate any immune deposits. Genetic analysis identified two different heterozygous missense variants of PKHD1 , while the patient's asymptomatic parents were each heterozygous for a single PKHD1 mutation. Accordingly, autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (-ARPKD) due to compound heterozygous PKHD1 mutation was diagnosed. The renal biopsy findings of this patient may be nonspecific, but they were different from the typical renal histology of infantile ARPKD. In conclusion, the renal features of adult-onset ARPKD may differ from those of infantile disease. .

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