Magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of hepatic cysts in early autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease: the Consortium for Radiologic Imaging Studies of …

KT Bae, F Zhu, AB Chapman, VE Torres… - Clinical Journal of the …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of hepatic cysts by age and
gender in patients with early autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) and to
determine whether hepatic cyst volume is related to renal and renal cyst volumes by using
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). A total of 230 patients with ADPKD (94 men and 136
women) who were aged 15 to 46 yr and had relatively preserved renal function were
studied. MRI images of the kidney and liver were obtained to measure renal, renal cyst, and …