Renal cyst
| Renal cyst | |
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| ICD-10 | N28 |
| ICD-9-CM | 593.2 |
| eMedicine | med/453831 |
| Patient UK | Renal cyst |
A renal cyst is a fluid collection in the kidney. There are several types based on the Bosniak classification. The majority are benign, simple cysts that can be monitored and not intervened upon. However, some are cancerous or are suspicious for cancer and are commonly removed in a surgical procedure called nephrectomy.
Numerous renal cysts are seen in the cystic kidney diseases, which include polycystic kidney disease and medullary sponge kidney.
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Epidemiology
Up to 27% of individuals greater than 50 years of age may have simple renal cysts that cause no symptoms.[1]
Bosniak classification
Renal cysts are classified as either malignant or benign using the Bosniak Classification System. The system was created by Dr. Morton Bosniak, a faculty member at the New York University Langone Medical Center in New York City.[2]
The Bosniak classification categorizes renal cysts into five groups.[3]
- Category I
- Benign simple cyst with thin wall without septa, calcifications, or solid components. It does not enhance with contrast, and has a density equal to that of water.
- Category II
- Benign cyst with a few thin septa, which may contain fine calcifications or a small segment of mildly thickened calcification. This includes homogenous, high-attenuation lesions less than 3 cm with sharp margins but without enhancement. Hyperdense cysts must be exophytic with at least 75% of its wall outside the kidney to allow for appropriate assessment of margins, otherwise they are categorized as IIF.[4]
- Category IIF
- Up to 5% of these cysts are malignant and as such they require follow-up imaging, though there is no consensus recommendation on the appropriate interval of follow up. Well marginated cysts with a number of thin septa, with or without mild enhancement or thickening of septa. Calcifications may be present; these may be thick and nodular. There are no enhancing soft tissue components. This also includes nonenhancing high-attenuation lesions that are completely contained within the kidney and are 3 cm or larger.
- Category III
- Indeterminate cystic masses with thickened irregular septa with enhancement. 50% of these lesions are ultimately found to be malignant.
- Category IV
- Malignant cystic masses with all the characteristics of category III lesions but also with enhancing soft tissue components independent of but adjacent to the septa. 100% of these lesions are malignant.
Peripelvic versus parapelvic cysts
Parapelvic cysts originate from around the kidney at the adjacent renal parenchyma, and plunge into the renal sinus. Peripelvic cysts are contained entirely within the renal sinus, possibly related to dilated lymphatic channels. When viewed on CT in absence of contrast, they can mimic hydronephrosis.[5] If symptomatic, they can be laparoscopically decorticated.[6]
References
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