What Causes Cysts In Kidney?

Posted on Sat, 27 Dec 2014

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Sat, 27 Dec 2014 Answered on

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Question : i have kidney cyst found today
what is the right way to go about getting help ultar sound found it. my dr is not the best . i am going to see urologist .

Answered by Dr. Divakara (9 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
It depends on the kind of cyst.

Detailed Answer:
HI

Greeting from Dr. Divakara.P
First of all thanks for choosing Healthcaremagic for posting your query.

There are many types of cysts in Kidney. Simple Cysts, Complex Cyst, Cyst with bleeding inside , Infected Cyst, Multiple Cysts etc. Among this Simple Cyst is most common and harmless.

So I need to know what kind of Cyst you have .

Kindly upload the Ultrasound report so that I can advise you what to do next.

Will be looking forward for your reply.

Regards.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar