| Author | Harrington, Daphne M. | |
| Author | Meara, Alexa S. | |
| Author | Vaccharajani, Tushar | |
| Author | Desai, Tejas | |
| Date Accessioned | 2020-03-30T20:33:13Z | |
| Date Available | 2020-03-30T20:33:13Z | |
| Date of Issue | 2012-11-16 | |
| Identifier (URI) | http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7689 | |
| Description | 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. | en_US |
| Subject | Cystic kidney diseases, intestinal obstruction, abdominal pain, colon. | en_US |
| Title | A Complicated “Simple” Renal Cyst | en_US |
| Type | Article | en_US |
| Identifier (DOI) | 10.2174/1874303X01205010035 | |
| Journal Name | Open Urology and Nephrology Journal | en_US |
| Journal Volume | 5 | en_US |
| Journal Issue | 1 | en_US |
| Article Pages | 35-39 | en_US |
