BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Renal cysts have a high prevalence in the general population, and their estimated incidence increases with age. Renal cyst aspiration (usually with sclerotherapy) or open/laparoscopic decortication is a generally effective and safe method in the treatment of symptomatic simple renal cysts. The success rates of laparoscopic decortication and percutaneous aspiration-scle...

Introduction: Renal cystic diseases are common and are often less aggressive and benign in nature. Watchful waiting is the therapeutic choice for managing simple renal cysts. Some malignant tumors of the kidney may have features of a benign renal cyst. It is challenging to determine how to manage such affections of the kidney. Very few of these cases have been reported in the literature but do ...

Sir, We recently reported the long-term outcome of 187 patients surviving an acute kidney injury episode (AKI) [1]. The ultrasonographic pattern of the kidney in late followup after AKI has never been analysed. Since 1991, one nephrologist (MR) has performed all renal sonographies in our department [2]. We present here the long-term sonographic findings in 39 AKI patients (out of 82 still alive...

BACKGROUND Simple renal cysts usually have benign clinical features. We report a rare case of papillary renal cell carcinoma (RCC) associated with a large recurrent simple cyst following sclerotherapy. CASE PRESENTATION A 47-year-old Japanese woman received minocycline sclerotherapy for a large (9 cm in diameter) simple left renal cyst in May 2005. The cyst regrew, and second-line sclerothera...

BACKGROUND The most common benign lesions of the kidney are simple cysts. They are acquired lesions and mostly affect the elderly population. OBJECTIVES To describe the usage of choice-lock catheter and trocar technique in percutaneous renal cyst treatment and determining long-term outcomes. PATIENTS AND METHODS This retrospective study was carried out between February 2000 and July 2011. E...

BACKGROUNDS/AIMS Simple liver cysts were easily recognizable with the advanced imaging procedures, such as ultrasound and computed tomography scan. A large cyst or significant symptoms were indications for the treatments. Ablation therapy with sclerotic agents was effective, but there were several complications including severe pain. With the surgical cyst unroofing method introduced, we compar...