Autoptic aspects in a case of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.

Polycystic kidney disease is a cystic genetic disease. There are two forms: an autosomal dominant one, more common and typical of adults, and an autosomal recessive one, rarer and present in childhood. The autosomal dominant form is caused by genetic mutations of the PKD1 gene in 85% of cases and of PKD2 in 10-15% of cases.