Hereditary Occurrence of Cystic Disease of the Renal Medulla

Abstract

CYSTIC disease of the renal medulla is an infrequently recognized disease of the human kidney. Strauss1 was able to collect 18 cases from the literature and his personal files, and he presented a review of this condition in 1962. The paucity of cases has not permitted a study of the hereditary aspects of this condition. There is suggestive published evidence that a genetic influence may participate in its development.1 2 3 4 5 In December, 1964, a thirty-three-year-old man was admitted to the Stanford Medical Center. He was in the end stages of renal failure. A family history revealed that 2 of his brothers, . . .