Chronic Kidney Disease USMLE Step 1 Practice Question
A 38 year old woman presents with early satiety, flank discomfort, and episodic gross hematuria. Her father required dialysis in his 50s. Blood pressure is 156/92 mm Hg. Abdominal imaging shows bilaterally enlarged kidneys with numerous cortical and medullary cysts. Which of the following extra renal associations is most likely in this patient?
Answer choices
- APulmonary hemorrhage
- BNeural tube defect
- CSensorineural hearing loss
- DPapillary thyroid cancer
- EBerry aneurysmCorrect answer
- FHepatic adenomas
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