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Unilateral multicystic dysplastic kidney is the form of multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK), a congenital anomaly of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT), in which one kidney is large, distended by multiple cysts, and non-functional.
Biomarker and diagnostic research for unilateral multicystic dysplastic kidney has been reported in the published literature.
Estimated prevalence: Unknown (Unknown prevalence).
No clinical trials have been registered for unilateral multicystic dysplastic kidney.
18 publications have been identified in PubMed for unilateral multicystic dysplastic kidney. Research spans Epidemiology / Natural History (56%), Case Report / Case Series (28%), and Diagnostic / Biomarker (6%).
Research Type | Count | % of Total |
|---|---|---|
Disease patterns and progression | 10 | 56% |
Data assembled from 3 of 12 sources · Last updated Sep 20, 2026, 5:49 AM UTC
European rare disease database
Genetic and Rare Diseases Info Center
Patient case studies
5 |
28% |
Testing and diagnosis research | 1 | 6% |
Clinical study results | 1 | 6% |
Laboratory research | 1 | 6% |
Briggs DC (2026). [PMID: 41353677](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41353677/). *Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)*. [Diagnostic / Biomarker]
Flogelova H (2026). [PMID: 41320579](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41320579/). *Journal of pediatric urology*. [Epidemiology / Natural History]
Gonzalez-Hernandez DR (2026). [PMID: 41723365](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41723365/). *BMC nephrology*. [Epidemiology / Natural History]
Khan Z (2026). [PMID: 41769605](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41769605/). *Cureus*. [Case Report / Case Series]
Abeer F (2025). [PMID: 41089112](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41089112/). *Cureus*. [Case Report / Case Series]
Ünver G (2025). [PMID: 41417372](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41417372/). *Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992)*. [Epidemiology / Natural History]
Liu Y (2025). [PMID: 40676516](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40676516/). *BMC nephrology*. [Case Report / Case Series]
Briggs DC (2025). [PMID: 41318409](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41318409/). *BMC nephrology*. [Case Report / Case Series]
Ishimori S (2025). [PMID: 41025262](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41025262/). *Nephrology (Carlton, Vic.)*. [Epidemiology / Natural History]
Reinhardt CJM (2025). [PMID: 41107504](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41107504/). *Archives of gynecology and obstetrics*. [Epidemiology / Natural History]