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Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Vol 5, 1266-1270, Copyright © 1994 by American Society of Nephrology

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Drooping upper eyelids and polycystic kidney disease

A Meyrier and P Simon
Department of Medicine, Service de Nephrologie, Hopital Avicenne, Bobigny Medical School, France.

Over the last 26 yr, 33 cases and/or families of patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) and a particular appearance of the eyes have been observed. ADPKD was unremarkable and in most cases had led to the usual slow development of end-stage renal failure. The facial feature concerned the upper eyelid, which drooped obliquely over the eyeball with a fold hiding the upper segment of the iris (blepharochalasis). The aspect was so typical that the diagnosis of ADPKD was suggested on first contact with new renal patients. All affected patients were white, of various origins, including French, Polish, Scandinavian, Italian, and Spanish. In retrospect, drooping eyelids had been present in the parents and/or grandparents who had died of renal failure, with or without an established diagnosis of ADPKD. In order to disclose the cosegregation of blepharochalasis with ADPKD, the screening of its prevalence in a well-circumscribed region with a catchment population of 410,000 was undertaken. The facial feature was found in 24 (32%) of 75 ADPKD families. Family transmission was confirmed in those kindreds, because at least two members suffered from ADPKD. Cosegregation was sought by analyzing family group photographs taken over several generations, the oldest member of which was born in 1973. All members with blepharochalasis had died of renal failure or are presently being followed up for ADPKD. A bibliographic search showed that the association of ocular and/or eyelid deformities and various inborn renal diseases is far from rare, suggesting a simultaneous event in the embryonic timetable.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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