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Suggest Treatment For Cyst/mass In Kidney
I was told today that I have a complex cyst or a mass on my kidney...the cyst has doubled in size in the last 10 months...I was told that either an MRI or biopsy would probably be done...have an appt. with urologist in July...Is this always something that has to have surgery...sorta scared
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Hello
Thanks for query.
You have been detected to have complex cyst in your kidney which has increased in size over a period of last 10 months .
Considering the increase in size and being complex in nature one has to rule out any malignancy .
This can be confirmed only by histopathological examination of a tissue from cyst by doing FNAC (Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology) .
Further mode of treatment will depend upon the histological diagnosis .
Dr.Patil.
Thanks for query.
You have been detected to have complex cyst in your kidney which has increased in size over a period of last 10 months .
Considering the increase in size and being complex in nature one has to rule out any malignancy .
This can be confirmed only by histopathological examination of a tissue from cyst by doing FNAC (Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology) .
Further mode of treatment will depend upon the histological diagnosis .
Dr.Patil.
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