Reduced kidney size in patients with simple renal cysts

are simple renal cysts in childhood associated with kidney stones?

Are Simple Renal Cysts in Childhood Associated With Kidney Stones?

The renal tubules, in their various segments, are mainly responsible for the final composition of urine from glo­ merular ultrafiltrate. In a complex process involving resorption and secretion mechanisms, the tubules are responsible for retaining substances in the body, some substances are recovered almost 100% such as water and sodium chloride. Tubulopathies are a group of diseases where these...

Simple renal cysts.

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the incidence of simple renal cyst, the relationship between both size and location of cysts, and the effect on calyces; and to correlate symptomatology and effect on the pelvicalyceal system. METHODS Abdominal ultrasound examination was performed in 2010 patients for different reasons. Simple renal cysts were demonstrated in 110 patients harbouring 198 cysts. The cysts...

Not so simple renal cysts

An 82-year-old male had been suffering from anorexia and abdominal discomfort for several months. He was admitted to hospital, incapable of walking due to a prominent abdomen. His medical history showed hypertension for 10 years and renal cysts that had progressively increased over the past 30 years. Familial history was unremarkable. Clinical examination revealed a strikingly enlarged abdomen ...

Laparoscopic unroofing of simple renal cysts.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the clinical reliability of laparoscopic treatment for simple renal cysts. METHODS Twenty patients with symptomatic simple renal cysts underwent laparoscopic unroofing of the cysts. Four of these patients also underwent concomitant laparoscopic cholecystectomy because of symptomatic gallbladder stones. RESULTS In all cases the cyst wall was wide...