A Complicated “Simple” Renal Cyst

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Harrington, Daphne M.; Meara, Alexa S.; Vaccharajani, Tushar; Desai, Tejas
Abstract
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.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7689
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Cystic kidney diseases, intestinal obstruction, abdominal pain, colon.
Date
2012-11-16
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Harrington, Daphne M., & Meara, Alexa S., & Vaccharajani, Tushar, & Desai, Tejas. (November 2012). A Complicated “Simple” Renal Cyst. , (), - . Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7689

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Harrington, Daphne M., and Meara, Alexa S., and Vaccharajani, Tushar, and Desai, Tejas. "A Complicated “Simple” Renal Cyst". . . (), November 2012. October 03, 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7689.
Chicago:
Harrington, Daphne M. and Meara, Alexa S. and Vaccharajani, Tushar and Desai, Tejas, "A Complicated “Simple” Renal Cyst," , no. (November 2012), http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7689 (accessed October 03, 2023).
AMA:
Harrington, Daphne M., Meara, Alexa S., Vaccharajani, Tushar, Desai, Tejas. A Complicated “Simple” Renal Cyst. . November 2012; (): . http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7689. Accessed October 03, 2023.
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