Clinical importance of acquired cystic disease of the kidney in patients undergoing dialysis. Issue 6408 (17th December 1983)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ratcliffe, P J; Dunnill, M S; Oliver, D O
• Is Part Of: BMJ. Volume 287:Issue 6408(1983)
• Page Start: 1855
• Page End: 1858
• Publication Date: 1983-12-17
• Subjects: Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine; Periodicals; 610
• DOI: 10.1136/bmj.287.6408.1855
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0007-1447

Abstract

Abstract : From 1976 to 1982 five patients undergoing haemodialysis at Oxford Renal Unit suffered serious complications from acquired cystic disease of the kidney and two died as a direct result. Clinical features seen were pain, haematuria, palpable renal enlargement, massive haemorrhage, resolution of anaemia, and metastatic malignancy. The clinical histories emphasise the features of a disease that is likely to assume increasing importance in patients undergoing haemodialysis.