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Explain of Renal

60.Dominant polycystic kidney disease, gross

This kidney in a patient with DPKD weighed 3 kilograms! This disease is inherited with an autosomal dominant pattern, so the recurrence risk in the family is 50%. The cysts are not usually present at birth, but develop slowly over time, so the onset of renal failure occurs in middle age to later adult life.

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