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Case Reports
. 1990 Jul;144(1):113-5.
doi: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)39385-0.

Percutaneous decompression: treatment for respiratory distress secondary to multicystic dysplastic kidney

W R Holloway  1 , S H Weinstein
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Percutaneous decompression: treatment for respiratory distress secondary to multicystic dysplastic kidney

W R Holloway et al. J Urol. 1990 Jul.

Abstract

Multicystic dysplastic kidney is a common renal anomaly in the newborn. Long-term problems, such as pain, infection, hypertension and neoplasm, although infrequent, have been reported. Acute, life-threatening complications resulting from the size of the affected kidney are rare and emergency nephrectomy has been the only reported effective therapy. We present a case of ultrasound-guided percutaneous cyst decompression used as definitive treatment of respiratory failure associated with multicystic dysplastic kidney.

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