March is National Kidney Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about the difference between two kidney disorders — kidney cysts and polycystic kidney disease. Your kidneys are situated in ...

Q. During a pelvic ultrasound to evaluate uterine fibroids, a radiologist found a cyst in one of my kidneys. Should I be concerned about kidney cancer? A. Kidney (or renal) cysts are fluid-filled sacs ...

A kidney cyst is a swollen, round, fluid-filled sac that develops on one or both of the kidneys. These cysts can be associated with serious conditions that affect the kidney’s ability to function, but ...

Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) afflicts as many as two million people around the world, affecting multiple organs, including lungs, brain, skin, and kidneys. In about 80 percent of cases, it causes ...

Figure 1: Inactivation of Pkd1 and Tsc1 leads to a different phenotype. Figure 5: Downregulation of PC-1 in Tsc1 mutant kidneys contributes to cyst formation. Figure 6: Proposed model of cross ...

Often kidney cyst and kidney tumour induce the same kind of fear. But according to Dr. Sumit Bansal, consultant – urology, Manipal Hospital Dwarka, New Delhi, they are distinctly different. In an ...

A 46-year-old man who recently moved to the area was referred to the nephrology clinic for kidney cysts. He was found to have multiple cysts in the left kidney at age 27 for which he was referred to ...