cysts on kidney

[steel9531]

I have a 23 year old daughter who was diagnosed as having "at least 1 cyst on her right kidney" five years ago.  She recently had renal failure due to e coli (in January of this year).  She had a ultra sound last week and they now say she has a cyst on her left kidney also.  Is it common for a female so young to have these cysts?

[twiggypie]

Hi there.

Sorry to hear about your daughter. I am not a doctor, but I am a 24 year old female who has a 4cm cyst on my right kidney.

Mine was diagnosed after I got septicemia. An MRI scan found it and the Urologist said it was a simple cyst and would not cause any problems. Altough in the end I was told it was the cyst that had got infected that caused me to get septicemia.

I get alot of pain in my side due to my cyst. Does your daughter suffer with pain also? I am going back to my Urologist on fri to discuss it again as before xmas he wanted to drain it, but in the end it was too risky.

I was told Females of my age do not tend to suffer with kidney cysts alot. But I am seeing more and more cases of it online and thinking it cant be so rare after all.

Hope your daughter gets sorted.

[Vanessa Lacuesta]

Hi,

At this point I am not aware of the prevalence of renal cysts in the 20 something age group .However, about 50% of the > than 50 year olds do have renal cyts chanced upon during imaging. Most of the renal cysts are asymptomatic.And simple cysts based on the ultrasound which are asymptomatic need not be further evaluated. However, in your daughter's case has her urologist discussed the need to radiographically follow up the cysts?Usually an ultrasound may be able to define on whether the cysts are simple or not.The ultrasound results may influence the next step for management.You may discuss this with your daughter's physicians.

I hope this helps.

[readytobewell]

I had a 1 cm on my rt kidney and was told it was normal/common, no tx necessary...i had stones and an infection at the same time but they have not felt the need to address the cyst.

I am 31yr old.fem

[spongekidneys]

i am also a 24 female who has been dx 2 years ago with medulary sponge kidneys, i have had over 40 CT's and everytime time i have had up to 10 stones bi-laterly 6mm or less non obstructing. the most recent one showed a complex right renal cyst but the ER doc. did not make a big deal of it. they have started me on a morphine twice a day for chronic pain. woundering if it would not be a better choice for a kidney transplant?