Unilateral Renal Cystic Disease with an Impaired Renal Function

Unilateral renal cystic disease in the right kidney.

A 51-year-old man was referred from oncology department with incidental detection of unilateral multiple renal cysts on computed tomography (CT) during evaluation of colon cancer (Figure-1). Abdominal CT revealed enlarged right kidney with variable-sized round, well-marginated multiple cysts without capsule formation or solid content, while the left kidney was normal. Family history was negativ...

Renal function and solitary kidney disease: Wilms tumour survivors versus patients with unilateral renal agenesis.

AIMS To test the hypothesis that Wilms tumour survivors (WTs) experience increased disturbance in renal function, even after prompt treatment, compared to patients with unilateral renal agenesis (URA). METHODS To assess the renal function of 30 WTs and 17 individuals with URA, the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was calculated using the Schwartz and Filler formulas as well as the ...

[hypertension Associated with Unilateral Renal Disease].

Nephrectomy has been carried out in 34 patients with hypertension associated with unilateral parenchymal renal disease (28 with unilateral pyelonephritis, 3 tuberculosis, 2 hypoplasia, and 1 adenocarcinoma). In 13 of the patients the blood pressure was corrected, in four it was improved, and in 17 it was unaffected. The intravenous pyelogram (by the infusion technique with nephrotomography if n...

Allopurinol in patients with impaired renal function.

Hypertension and unilateral renal disease.