AIM: Congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract (CAKUT) comprise various entities of structural malformations that result from defects in morphogenesis of the kidney and/or urinary tract. These anomalies are the most commonly diagnosed malformations in the prenatal period and constitute the leading cause of end-+stage renal disease (ESRD) in children, worldwide. This prospective study was performed to report the patterns of clinical presentation and diagnosis of infants and children with such malformations. METHODS: Patients with suggestive features of CAKUT, presenting to Cairo University Children Hospital over one year duration were investigated and categorized based on underlying renal structural/functional malformation and associated extra-renal anomalies. RESULTS: One hundred and seven CAKUT children were enrolled in the study. Familial clustering was identified in 14% of the cohort and syndromic CAKUT accounted for 31.8% of cases. Different anomaly entities have been identified; posterior urethral valves (PUV) being the commonest detected abnormality (36.4%). Of note, 9.3% of cohort patients had ESRD at presentation, of which 60% had PUV as their primary renal disease. Obstructive cases were noted to present significantly earlier and attain advanced CKD stages rather than non-obstructive ones. CONCLUSION: CAKUT is a clinically heterogeneous group of diseases with diverse clinical phenotypes. More efforts should be aimed at improving antenatal detection as well as classification with comprehensive reference to the clinical, genetic and molecular features of the diseases. The high frequency of familial and syndromic CAKUT among studied patients is seemingly a convincing reason to pursue the underlying genetic defect in future studies.
AIM: Congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract (CAKUT) comprise various entities of structural malformations that result from defects in morphogenesis of the kidney and/or urinary tract. These anomalies are the most commonly diagnosed malformations in the prenatal period and constitute the leading cause of end-+stage renal disease (ESRD) in children, worldwide. This prospective study was performed to report the patterns of clinical presentation and diagnosis of infants and children with such malformations. METHODS:Patients with suggestive features of CAKUT, presenting to Cairo University Children Hospital over one year duration were investigated and categorized based on underlying renal structural/functional malformation and associated extra-renal anomalies. RESULTS: One hundred and seven CAKUT children were enrolled in the study. Familial clustering was identified in 14% of the cohort and syndromic CAKUT accounted for 31.8% of cases. Different anomaly entities have been identified; posterior urethral valves (PUV) being the commonest detected abnormality (36.4%). Of note, 9.3% of cohort patients had ESRD at presentation, of which 60% had PUV as their primary renal disease. Obstructive cases were noted to present significantly earlier and attain advanced CKD stages rather than non-obstructive ones. CONCLUSION: CAKUT is a clinically heterogeneous group of diseases with diverse clinical phenotypes. More efforts should be aimed at improving antenatal detection as well as classification with comprehensive reference to the clinical, genetic and molecular features of the diseases. The high frequency of familial and syndromic CAKUT among studied patients is seemingly a convincing reason to pursue the underlying genetic defect in future studies.
Authors: Na Ri Kang; Yo Han Ahn; Eujin Park; Hyun Jin Choi; Seong Heon Kim; Heeyeon Cho; Min Hyun Cho; Jae Il Shin; Joo Hoon Lee; Young Seo Park; Hae Il Cheong; Hee Gyung Kang; Il-Soo Ha; Young Sook Kwack; Kyoung Hee Han Journal: Pediatr Nephrol Date: 2019-06-20 Impact factor: 3.714
Authors: Amelie T van der Ven; Dervla M Connaughton; Hadas Ityel; Nina Mann; Makiko Nakayama; Jing Chen; Asaf Vivante; Daw-Yang Hwang; Julian Schulz; Daniela A Braun; Johanna Magdalena Schmidt; David Schapiro; Ronen Schneider; Jillian K Warejko; Ankana Daga; Amar J Majmundar; Weizhen Tan; Tilman Jobst-Schwan; Tobias Hermle; Eugen Widmeier; Shazia Ashraf; Ali Amar; Charlotte A Hoogstraaten; Hannah Hugo; Thomas M Kitzler; Franziska Kause; Caroline M Kolvenbach; Rufeng Dai; Leslie Spaneas; Kassaundra Amann; Deborah R Stein; Michelle A Baum; Michael J G Somers; Nancy M Rodig; Michael A Ferguson; Avram Z Traum; Ghaleb H Daouk; Radovan Bogdanović; Natasa Stajić; Neveen A Soliman; Jameela A Kari; Sherif El Desoky; Hanan M Fathy; Danko Milosevic; Muna Al-Saffar; Hazem S Awad; Loai A Eid; Aravind Selvin; Prabha Senguttuvan; Simone Sanna-Cherchi; Heidi L Rehm; Daniel G MacArthur; Monkol Lek; Kristen M Laricchia; Michael W Wilson; Shrikant M Mane; Richard P Lifton; Richard S Lee; Stuart B Bauer; Weining Lu; Heiko M Reutter; Velibor Tasic; Shirlee Shril; Friedhelm Hildebrandt Journal: J Am Soc Nephrol Date: 2018-08-24 Impact factor: 10.121