Polycystic Kidney Disease

Diagnosis

PKD often exhibit no symptoms and the disease cannot be diagnosed by a physical checkups and blood & urine test in its early stages. To detect kidney cysts, an ultrasound imaging is performed, which passes a harmless sound waves through the body. CT (computerized tomography), MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and a genetic testing may also perform to detect the cysts.

In unborn babies PKD can be diagnosed using a test called amniocentesis. It is the test of analysis the amniotic fluid that surrounds the baby inside the uterus. Another test called chorionic villus sampling is the examination of a small piece of the placenta.