Can anything else cause kidney cysts?
It is quite common for healthy people to have one or two cysts, and occasionally people may have several. But when the kidneys are enlarged and filled with many cysts, PKD is the most likely diagnosis. There are some other rare diseases that very occasionally cause many kidney cysts. Infantile polycystic kidney disease is rare, causes liver damage as well as kidney trouble, and unfortunately often leads to affected children dying when they are young. It is not the same as the disease that occurs in adults.
