multicystic dysplastic kidney
MONDO:0015988Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names multicystic dysplastic kidney yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK) is a congenital anomaly of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) in which one or both kidneys (unilateral or bilateral MCDK respectively) are large, distended by multiple cysts, and non-functional.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0015988), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
15 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Multicystic kidney dysplasiaHPOHP:0000003
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Neonatal respiratory distressHPOHP:0002643
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abdominal distentionHPOHP:0003270
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abdominal massHPOHP:0031500
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Premature birthHPOHP:0001622
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- CryptorchidismHPOHP:0000028
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Enlarged kidneyHPOHP:0000105
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- OligohydramniosHPOHP:0001562
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Unilateral renal agenesisHPOHP:0000122
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Vesicoureteral refluxHPOHP:0000076
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Horseshoe kidneyHPOHP:0000085
- Very rare (1% to 4% of cases)
- HypertensionHPOHP:0000822
- Very rare (1% to 4% of cases)
Show the remaining 3
- UreteroceleHPOHP:0000070
- Very rare (1% to 4% of cases)
- Ureteropelvic junction obstructionHPOHP:0000074
- Very rare (1% to 4% of cases)
- Ureterovesical junction obstructionHPOHP:0030735
- Very rare (1% to 4% of cases)
Where it sits
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: multicystic dysplastic kidney
- Also called
- MCDKmulticystic renal dysplasia