Kazem Forum Elite
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| | 11/30/04 - 03:33 PM  
 
   
 
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What is the characteristic feature of cystic renal dysplasia?
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| kmp Forum Elite
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| | 12/01/04 - 06:36 PM  
 
   
 
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no inheritance pattern
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| Kazem Forum Elite
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| | 12/01/04 - 09:21 PM  
 
   
 
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and from a histopathological point of view?
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| kmp Forum Elite
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| | 12/01/04 - 10:16 PM  
 
   
 
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multiple cysts of varying sizes lined by flat to cuboidal to columnar epithelium. The stroma around cysts may show concentric collars of mesenchymal cells. There is develomental disorder in metanephric diffrentiation.
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| Kazem Forum Elite
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| | 12/02/04 - 06:25 PM  
 
   
 
|   #5 |
The characteristic feature as you mentioned is the presence of islands of undifferentiated mesenchyme, often with cartilage, and immature collecting ducts.
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