The clinical, radiological and therapeutic aspects of 8 patients with parapelvic cyst of the kidney are reviewed. The principal clinical features were either renal colic or dull loin pain. The main radiological findings consisted of a rounded smooth mass distorting the pelvis and elongating or dilating the calices. Complications were infection, stone, hypertension or hydronephrosis. Operation was required in 6 patients, 2 of whom underwent nephrectomy.
Sixty-one patients with renal ectopia have been reviewed. Most presented with a palpable mass, abdominal pain or microscopic haematuria. Thirteen patients were treated surgically, usually by nephrectomy; 17 required no treatment and 31 were treated symptomatically.
SUMMARY
Two cases of spontaneous suppuration of congenital solitary cyst of the kidney are presented. The second case, in which chronic pyelonephritis and hypertension co–existed, has additional interest because of the probable relationship between the chronic pyelonephritis and suppuration of the cyst of the kidney.
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