Contributor: Gordon K. Klintworth
Diseases of the kidney are common and many involve the eye. These conditions include diabetes mellitus, Potter syndrome, oculocerebrorenal syndrome, Alport syndrome, renal-coloboma syndrome, cytomegalovirus infection, Goodpasture syndrome, tuberous sclerosis, Wilms tumor and  renal cell carcinoma [carcinoma - renal cell]. The numerous renal diseases include glomerulonephritis, diabetic glomerulosclerosis  [glomerulosclerosis - diabetic], pyelonephritis and necrotizing papillitis [papillitis - necrotizing].  Diseases of the kidney can cause uremia, renal failure and death.