A complicated "simple" renal cyst

Daphne M. Harrington; Alexa S. Meara; Tushar Vaccharajani; Tejas Desai

doi:10.2174/1874303X01205010035

A complicated "simple" renal cyst

Daphne M. Harrington, Alexa S. Meara, Tushar Vaccharajani, Tejas Desai

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Background: Simple renal cysts are usually asymptomatic and benign. Rarely, symptoms and complications can develop from local mass effect which is illustrated by this case. Case Presentation: 77 year old Caucasian male presents with abdominal pain for five days. Abdominal exam was diffusely tender, markedly distended, tympanic with absent bowel sounds. His work-up included an abdominal x-ray showing a colonic obstruction and abdominal CT showing a large 27 cm renal cyst. Drainage of the renal cyst resolved obstructive symptoms. Conclusion: A simple renal cyst should not be overlooked as the reason for acute abdominal pain. Simple renal cysts, though benign are not without complications.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	35-39
Number of pages	5
Journal	Open Urology and Nephrology Journal
Volume	5
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2174/1874303X01205010035
State	Published - 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Abdominal pain
Colon
Cystic kidney diseases
Intestinal obstruction

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Nephrology
Urology

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