Hello sir, My child has one MCDK, Now he is 2yrs old? Really I am afraid for the problem every day, I have only one question, Any life-threatening in this issues at elder age, and it is possible to continue to long life within one kidney. Please I need your ture answer. Thanks and regards Sathish
Welcome to Chat Doctor, if only one kidney is missing, the chances of survival are excellent, since the remaining kidney is capable of handling the workload of its absent partner. The situation is different for babies with both kidneys absent. Around four in 10 babies with both kidneys absent (bilateral renal agenesis) are stillborn, and the remainder die within a few hours of birth. . A baby can manage with one functioning kidney, since the organ enlarges to cope with the extra workload.  So nothing to worry hope this explains