Multilocular Renal Cyst: Report of Two Cases.
- Author:
Hyuk June LEE
1
;
Sang Don LEE
;
Nam Cheol PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
multilocular cyst;
kidney
- MeSH:
Adult;
Child;
Diagnosis;
Female;
Hematuria;
Humans;
Kidney;
Kidney Neoplasms;
Nephrectomy;
Ultrasonography
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
1996;37(11):1313-1318
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Multilocular cyst of the kidney is a rare pathologic entity, noninherited benign renal neoplasm occurring in the both children and adults. The entities commonly were known as multilocular cyst of the kidney or multilocular cystic nephroma. The controversy over the pathogenesis of multilocular cyst-neoplasm versus developmental anomaly- is still unsettled. We report two cases of multilocular renal cyst, one in a 8-year-old child with a chief complaint of gross hematuria and another in a 44-year-old woman with epigastric discomfortness. They were preoperatively suspected multilocular cyst by ultrasonography and computed tomography. We performed a simple nephrectomy as the treatment of choice because of the difficulty in accurate diagnosis and the documented association with renal neoplasia.
