Synonyms in a broader sense
Cystic kidney possible medical disease: polycystic kidney generation
Definition
A kidney cyst is a hollow space in the kidney usually filled with fluid. This cavity resembles a bladder, which can be located inside or outside the kidney, i.e. adjacent to it. A special form of kidney cysts is the clinical picture of the cyst kidney.
In this case almost the entire kidney consists of cysts. This is a constantly progressive phenomenon. This disease is inherited autosomal dominant.
This means that the predisposition to this disease lies in our genes. Inheritance is independent of gender and always occurs as soon as a gene with defective genetic material is passed on. The beginning of this disease is already in the development of the child in the womb with the malformation of both kidneys.
Epidemiology
Ordinary kidney cysts practically never occur before the age of 30 and become more frequent with increasing age. Kidney cysts are detectable in about 20% of people over 60. With a frequency of 1 : 1000, the hereditary cyst kidney is the most common hereditary kidney disease in the general population. The age of manifestation (age of onset), i.e. the age at which this disease develops most severely and then predominates, is between 30 and 50 years of age.
- Kidney capsule
- Cortex of the kidney
- Kidney Marrow
- Renal calyx
- Renal pelvis
- Renal artery
- Renal Vein
- Ureter (Ureter)
- Renal cysts
Causes of the renal cyst
The cause of common renal cysts is usually idiopathic, i.e. of unknown origin. In cystic kidneys, the cause is usually a mutation/alteration of chromosome 16. Chromosomes are the storage molecules of our body’s genetic make-up.
All our characteristics are encoded on 23 chromosomes plus 2 sex chromosomes. Of the 23 chromosomes, we have two each. The sex chromosomes are divided into X and Y. There is also the autosomal recessive inherited cystic kidney. Here, the genetic defect must be present on both chromosomes for it to be effective.
