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, . . .