Renal cystic diseases encompass a broad group of disorders with variable phenotypic expression. Cystic disorders can present during infancy, childhood, or adulthood. Often, but not always, they can be distinguished by the clinical features including age at presentation, renal imaging characteristics, including cyst distribution, and the presence/distribution of extrarenal manifes- tations. It is important to take the clinical context into consideration when assessing renal cystic disease in children and adults.
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