UROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE

Twenty patients with polycystic kidney disease of the adult type were studied as a result of available examinations over varying periods of time.Correlations were made between advancing renal size and the presence of clinical complications.It was ascertained that an observed increase in renal size was in fact correlated with the severity of the disease and could be used as an indicator of probable shortened life expectancy.