Polycystic kidney disease - A case report

Abstract

This report presents a case report of a 29 year old Saudi Arabian patient who has been recently diagnosed with inherited polycystic kidney disease. The patient suffered from hypertensive symptoms and severe abdominal pain.Haematology, chemistry and microbiology examination was performed on the patient, alongside an ultrasound examination. The patient appeared to have hypertension, high uric acid and high lipid profile. The ultrasound results showed enlarged fatty liver, two cysts in the left liver (1.28cm and 1.32cm in width) and one cyst in the right liver (0.85cm in width). Currently, the patient's renal function is normal, but suffers from severe abdominal and kidney pain regularly, alongside hypertensive symptoms. The current treatments provided are Olmetec for controlling hypertension and intravenous analgesic such as xefo, morphine and paracetamol. There is currently no treatment for polycystic kidney disease. Therefore, patient is continuously monitored on a monthly basis.