Intestinal obstruction in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

Intern Med. 2002 Jun;41(6):441-4. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.41.441.

Abstract

A 42-year-old woman with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) was admitted to our hospital on April 29, 1999, with complaints of abdominal pain. A diagnosis of intestinal obstruction was reached on the basis of clinical findings and X-ray evidence. A computed tomography scan of the abdomen showed massively enlarged kidneys, especially the right kidney, which seemed to compress the small intestine. The patient underwent percutaneous aspiration of the largest cysts on the surface of the right kidney. The symptoms, in this rare case of intestinal obstruction by an enlarged kidney in ADPKD, were alleviated the day after the aspiration procedure.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Barium Sulfate
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Drainage / methods
  • Enema
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
  • Intestinal Obstruction / etiology*
  • Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant / complications*
  • Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant / diagnostic imaging
  • Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant / surgery
  • Radiography, Abdominal
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Barium Sulfate