N Osnaya-Romero, S Conrado, P Dautt, Hepatic Cysts as a Manifestation of Polycystic Kidney Disease (Polycystic Liver Report of 2 Mother-Son Cases), Journal of Nephrology Advances, Volume 1, Issue 3, 2021, Pages 23-30, ISSN 2574-4488, https://doi.org/10.14302/issn.2574-4488.jna-21-3887.
(https://oap-researcharticles.org/jna/article/1665)
Abstract: Polycystic kidney disease is an inherited disease that can lead to high blood pressure and kidney failure. In Mexico, 4.5% of patients with kidney failure are carriers of this disease; the liver is another of the organs affected by this disease that can manifest as abdominal pain and a mass effect in the abdominal cavity; we present 2 cases of polycystic kidney and liver disease (mother and child), in addition to describing the clinical manifestations, two different stages of the disease are shown, being a hereditary disease it is suggested that once a case is identified, an abdominal ultrasound is performed to first-degree relatives in search of cystic lesions to indicate preventive measures that help us preserve the overall well-being of the patient.
Keywords: Liver cysts; abdominal pain; kidney cysts; arterial hypertension