This document provides a classification and overview of cystic diseases of the kidney. It discusses the main types of polycystic kidney diseases including autosomal recessive and dominant polycystic kidney disease. It also covers tubulointerstitial syndromes that can present with cysts, such as nephronophthisis and medullary cystic kidney disease. Cystic neoplasms and neoplastic cysts are described, including cystic nephroma and tubulocystic renal cell carcinoma. The pathogenesis, histopathology, and genetics of many of these conditions are summarized. Miscellaneous cysts like simple renal cysts and medullary sponge kidney are also briefly outlined.
5. Bonsib (2009) Classification of Renal Cystic Diseases and
Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract
I. Polycystic renal diseases
Autosomal-recessive polycystic kidney disease
Autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease
Acquired renal cystic disease
Glomerulocystic kidney diseases
III. Tubulointerstitial syndromes +/- cysts
A. Renal tubular dysgenesis
B. Nephronophthisis
C. Medullary cystic diseases
D. Bardet-Biedel syndromes
6. IV. Cystic neoplasms and neoplastic cysts
Cystic nephroma
Mixed epithelial and stromal tumor
Multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma
Tubulocystic renal cell carcinoma
Von HippelLindau disease
Lymphangioma/hygroma renalis
Cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma
V. Miscellaneous cysts
Simple cortical cysts
Medullary sponge kidney
Localized renal cystic disease
10. Autosomal recessive polycystic
kidney disease
mutations of a gene on chromosome 6p named polycystic kidney hepatic disease
gene (PKHD1)
related protein polyductin (fibrocystin) - epithelial cells of the collecting ducts,
thick ascending loops of Henle, biliary and pancreatic duct epithelia
11. neonatal period - renal symptoms
Potter phenotype
POTTERS SEQUENCE
RENAL FAILURE
OLIGOHYDRAMINIOS
COMPRESSION AND STRUCTURAL ABNORMALITIES
PULMONARY HYPOPLASIA
perinatal period renal failure and
portal hypertension
12. Later in life - congenital hepatic fibrosis with a biliary dysgenesis and bile duct
ectasia
Hepatic portal hypertension with hepatosplenomegaly and esophageal varices
Gross-The cysts tend to be linear and radiate from
the medulla to the outer cortex. Develop in the
collecting ducts, which expand to a large size due to
fluid accumulation within the cyst cavity.
Microscopically- the cysts appear as dilated tubular
structures lined by cuboidal or flattened epithelium
13. Autosomal dominant polycystic
kidney disease
PKD1 and PKD2 located on chromosomes 16p and 4q
fourth and fifth decade; bilateral
flank pain, flank masses, hematuria, hypertension,
and renal failure
GROSS - bosselated outer cortical surface
Fluid-glomerular filtrte; Later- transepithelial secretn
Lm - lined by cuboidal, flattened epithelium;
interstitial scarring, tubular atrophy, and
pyelonephritis are common
Cerebral and coronary artery aneurysms, mitral valve
prolapse, abnormal aortic valves, colonic
diverticulae, and skeletal malformations
14. Acquired renal cystic disease
Three or more cysts per kidney in patients on longstanding hemo- or peritoneal
dialysis for end stage renal disease
Pathophysiology - May be due to uremia
due to obstruction by oxalate
crystals, fibrosis or hyperplasia
Micro : Cysts lined by flattened or cuboidal
epithelium that may show focal pseudopapillae with
nuclear enlargement and loss of polarity
Cysts may contain oxalate crystals
Surrounding parenchyma shows global
glomerulosclerosis, interstitial fibrosis & tubular atrophy.
15. Glomerulocystic kidney disease
common in newborns and young children
associated with ADPKD genes
BERNSTEINS CLASSIFICATION
16. dilatation of Bowmans space in the plane of section of two- to threefold that of
normal
18. Nephronophthisis
autosomal recessive
most frequent genetic cause of ESRD in children and adolescents
six genes (NPHP1, NPHP2/inversin, NPHP3, NPHP4, NPHP5, and NPHP6) -
nephrocystins, which are expressed in primary cilia, basal bodies, or centrosomes
inability to concentrate urine, polydipsia, aneuresis, severe anemia, and growth
retardation
Bilateral
reduced in size ; granular surface.
On c/s, the cortex and medulla are both thinned.
The corticomedullary junction indistinct;
thin-walled, fluid-filled cysts
19. Tubulointerstitial fibrosis with lymphocytic inflammatory infiltrate, tubular
atrophy, and cyst formation; marked thickening of the tubular basement
membrane (PAS-stained sections)
20. Medullary cystic kidney disease
rare autosomal dominant disorder
MCKD1 and MCKD2 genes chromosomes 1q and 16p
third and fourth decades of life
夢juvenile NPH (-growth retardation and long history of anemia)
normal or moderately reduced in size with small corticomedullary cysts.
Microscopically, diffuse interstitial inflammation with fibrosis and tubular
atrophy interspersed with hypertrophied and dilated tubules
21. Renal tubular dysgenesis.
poor development of proximal tubules, early onset and
persistent anuria -oligohydramnios and the Potter
sequence
Inherited RTD is genetically heterogeneous and linked to
mutations in the genes encoding the major components
of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS)
25. Cystic nephroma
benign cystic lesion of the kidney of unknown etiology
before age 2 and after age 40. (before 2- males, after 40 females)
conglomeration of noncommunicating cysts of varying size; pseudocapsule
around cysts- compression of adjacent renal parenchyma
lined with flattened, cuboidal cells with hobnail-appearing cells
26. DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA :
(a) lesion must be multilocular
(b) the cyst for the most part lined by epithelium
(c) the cyst must not communicate with renal pelvis
(d) the residual renal tissue should be essentially normal, except for pressure
atrophy
(e) no fully developed nephrons.
IHC
cytokeratin 19, cytokeratin AE1/AE3, epithelial membrane antigen
ovarian-like stroma stain positively for progesterone receptors and estrogen
receptors
27. Mixed epithelial and stromal tumor
solid and cystic, tan to yellow Well circumscribed but unencapsulated tumor in
renal pelvis
immunoreactivity for desmin and smooth muscle actin
MEST higher stromal to epithelial ratio
prominent ovarian stroma
smaller cysts with phyllodes glands pattern
stromal luteinisation
CN - large cysts, thin septa, and low stromal to epithelial ratio
28. Multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma
mean age of 51 years
excellent outcome
Gross encapsulated non communicating
multiloculated lobules filled with gelatinous fluid.
Micro - lining of cysts may show multilayering,
cells with granular to clear cytoplasm
No expansile growth of clear tumor cells / solid nodules
Cystic RCC - cystic degeneration of conventional RCC (worse
prognosis)
30. Tubulocystic renal cell carcinoma
mean age of 60 years
male preponderance
Gross - circumscribed,
unencapsulated, and cortical in
location.
bubble-wrap or Swiss cheese
appearance
Micro - lined by a single layer of
neoplastic cells which range from
flat, hobnail, cuboidal, cylindrical
to columnar. They are separated by
thin, hypocellular fibrous septa
that lack ovarian-type stroma or
desmoplasia,
31. Immunohistochemically,
positive - markers of PCT (CD10,
carbonic anhydrase IX, vimentin,
AMACR) as well as
distal tubule/collecting duct (CK7, CK19,
parvalbumin, BerEp4).
32. Von HippelLindau disease
AD
3p
Multiple cysts in the kidneys, pancreas
and genital tract
Hemangioblastomas
clear cell renal cell carcinoma,
pheochromocytoma, pancreatic
neuroendocrine tumor, epididymal
cystadenomas and endolymphatic sac
tumors
33. Lymphangioma/hygroma renalis
Extermely rare type of lymphangioma located
in the pericalyceal area
multiloculated cyst extending to the
pericalyceal and hilar area covering the ureter
multicystic lesion with flat endothelial cells
cytokeratin and calretinin negative
presence of endothelial lined lymphatic
channels separated by the connective tissue
is the main histologic feature of the disease.
35. SIMPLE RENAL CYST
most common
occurrence increases with age
Asymptomatic
translucent, filled with clear serous
fluid and lined by a single layer of
cuboidal or flattened epithelium.
complicated thick capsular walls
with hemosiderin-laden macrophages
and atrophic lining epithelium
36. Medullary sponge kidney
tubular ectasia of the collecting ducts
and cystic formation confined to the
medullary pyramids
cysts are multiple, small, and limited
to the medullary pyramids and
papillae
The cysts are lined by collecting duct
epithelium and usually communicate
with collecting tubules
The interstitium often shows severe
inflammation and scaring, frequently
accompanied by tubular atrophy