Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: Oligomeganephronia is a rare renal anomaly that leads to renal insufficiency in childhood or adolescence.It is morphologically characterized by a decreased number of nephrons with a compensatory hypertrophy of the remaining glomeruli and tubules.The disease belongs to the spectrum of kidney hypoplasia.Oligomeganephronia possesses a rather specific post-contrast computed-tomographic appearance, which paradoxically could present somewhat of a diagnostic challenge due to the rarity and lack of sufficient awareness of the condition.We present a review of the contemporary literature available about this disease, illustrated with a case from our own practice of a 14-year-old patient with oligomeganephronia.
Authors: Svetla Staykova, Georgi Valchev, Alexander Petrov
Institution: University Hospital St. Marina
Language: English
Topic: Renal and related cancers
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W3090026834