Symptoms of hepatic and renal cysts

Update Date: 2022-01-11 Source: Network

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Solitary cysts and polycystic liver are common in hepatorenal cysts. Solitary cysts usually have no symptoms. If the cysts are large, compression symptoms may appear, such as abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea, etc. Most of the cysts occurred in the right liver. Multiple hepatic cysts are also called polycystic liver. More than half of the patients have polycystic kidney. Polycystic liver often invades the whole liver. A few patients with polycystic liver have lesions limited to one lobe or half of the liver. If the patient's general condition is good and liver function is normal, fenestration can also be performed to relieve pressure, relieve symptoms and promote liver cell regeneration. If possible, liver transplantation can be performed to cure the disease completely. The symptom of liver cyst and kidney cyst tells everybody

Symptoms of hepatic and renal cysts

(1) Symptoms: common pain in the flank and back, usually intermittent dull pain. When the bleeding causes the cyst wall to expand, sudden sharp pain may appear. Gastrointestinal symptoms may occasionally appear, and suspected of peptic ulcer or gallbladder disease. Abdominal mass can be found by patients themselves, although such a large cyst is rare. When cyst infection occurs, patients often complain of flank pain, general discomfort and fever.

(2) Signs: physical examination is normal, occasionally in the renal area can touch or percussion and a package of mass. If cyst infection occurs, flank abdomen can have tenderness.

3. Polycystic kidney disease (CKD) occasionally causes hematuria (urine and blood), recurrence or pyelonephritis. In most cases, polycystic kidney disease symptoms, unless the renal cyst replaced too much, leading to chronic renal failure. When the symptoms of chronic renal failure caused by the disease begin to appear.

matters needing attention

Renal cysts are usually examined for other reasons. Many patients with renal cysts do not know they have the disease. However, severe polycystic kidney disease is extremely rare. In the United States, about 2% of chronic kidney disease is caused by renal cysts.