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email us Vanderbilt Center for Kidney Disease Vanderbilt Division of Nephrology S-3223 Medical Center North Nashville, TN 37232-2372 615 322-2150 (phone) 615 343-2675 (fax)
A normal kidney is the size of a human fist and weighs about a third of a pound.
However, with the presence of PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease), cysts develop in the kidneys. When cysts develop, the kidneys can increase in both size and weight and there can be a few cysts or multiple cysts. Each patient varies on these factors.
To learn more about PKD, please click the link below to go to the PKD Foundation web page: