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The not-so-simple renal cyst

Samantha Low¹, Maleeha Azim¹, Elaine Wan², Vimal Hariharan²

1 Department of General Surgery, Queens Hospital Romford, London, United Kingdom
2 Institute of Cancer Research, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Address correspondence to Dr. Samantha Low, Department of General Surgery, Queens Hospital Romford Rom Valley Way, Romford, Essex RM7 0AG United Kingdom

Canadian Journal of Urology 2013, 20(6), 7060-7063.

Abstract

Simple renal cysts are most commonly found in the elderly, male population. The majority of simple renal cysts remain untreated, except on the rare occasion when they become complicated with hemorrhage, infection, or rupture.
We present the case of a 31-year-old female with a simple renal cyst which was initially treated as acute pyelonephritis. A high clinical suspicion led to the diagnosis of an infected renal cyst, which was treated with antibiotic therapy and radiological drainage. There were minimal complications, and the patient made an uneventful recovery.

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