Polycystic kidney disease, type 2: A rare condition where cysts in the kidney grow and cause the kidney to become larger and reduce it's ability to function. This adult form of the condition is milder than the infantile form. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Polycystic kidney disease, type 2 is available below.
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Polycystic kidney disease, type 2 is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Polycystic kidney disease, type 2, or a subtype of Polycystic kidney disease, type 2,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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