What are bilateral renal cortical cysts?

Question

I rencently had kidney stones removed, and before the surgery they did a scan and found that I had these "cysts" I was just curious what they were, if they're dangerous and if they have anything to do with my left kidney being quite larger than my right?

Answer 1

Yes, it does have something to do with your size of the left kidney. It means the you have a cyst, a growth that usually contains interstitial fluid and is on the outer region of your kidney.

The breakdown- Bilateral=position relative to to the body, Renal=Refers to your kidneys, Cortical=near outside of organ, Cyst=Fluid filled sac.

Answer 2

Bilateral Renal Cortical Cysts

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kidney cyst is an abnormal pouch that contains fluid. The simple kidney cyst is the most common form.

The cause of a simple kidney cyst isn't completely understood. But there's no evidence that kidney cysts are an inherited condition. One or more kidney cysts may develop at a time on the small tubes in the kidneys.

Kidney cysts do not generally present symptoms and usually kidney cysts cause no harm. Very often people don't even know they have a kidney cyst. However, a kidney cyst can cause pain if it grows large enough to press on other organs. Sometimes a kidney cyst can become infected and start to bleed. If that happens, a kidney cyst can increase blood pressure, but it usually don't impair kidney function.

A kidney cyst won't require treatment if no complications are present. But if symptoms occur, a kidney cyst may require surgery.

Also see polycystic kidney disease

ALSO

This condition is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern, giving a 25% recurrence risk for parents having subsequent children. The kidneys are affected bilaterally, so that in utero, there is typically oligohydramnios because of poor renal function and failure to form significant amounts of fetal urine. The most significant result from oligohydramnios is pulmonary hypoplasia, so that newborns do not have sufficient lung capacity to survive, irrespective of any attempt to treat renal failure. RPKD may be termed "Type I" cystic disease in the Potter's classification.

Grossly, the kidneys are markedly enlarged and tend to fill the retroperitoneum and displace abdominal contents. The kidneys tend to be symmetrically enlarged. The cysts are quite small and uniform, perhaps 1 to 2 mm on average. Microscopically, the characteristic finding in the later third trimester is cystic change with the cysts elongated and radially arranged. The few remaining glomeruli are not involved by the cysts, and the intervening parenchyma is not increased. In the second trimester, the cysts may not be as well-developed. A helpful finding at autopsy is the presence of congenital hepatic fibrosis, which accompanies RPKD.

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Parechymal disease means the major part of the kidney is damaged. Cysts are probably congenital.

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Congenital malformations due to defective formation of tubules in embryo. If severe, kidney transplant may be required.