What Is Cortical Cyst Of Kidney

Renal (Kidney) Cortical Cyst is one of Renal Cysts, which grows in renal cortex. Cortex is the outer region of kidneys, where glomeruli are located densely. Even if a small cyst may cause serious damage to the surrounding glomeruli. Therefore, an early effective treatment is very important for the patients with Renal Cortical Cyst.
What are the symptoms of renal cortical cysts?
- Large Mass. Large cortical cysts can show up as a palpable flank mass.
- Frequent urination. As kidney cyst may affect the renal tubule function, it may cause frequent urination.
- Pain. Symptoms of a renal cortical cyst include pain in your back and abdomen and along your side between your ribs and hip;
- Bloody or dark urine; it is also known as Hematuria.
- Fevers.
- High Blood Pressure. High Blood Pressure is another symptom of cortical cyst, which tends to occur as cyst enlarges enough.
What are the treatments for renal cortical cyst?
Surgery: surgeries such as cyst puncture or laparoscopic decortication can remove the large cyst and relieve discomforts in short time. But the shortcomings are high recurrent rate. What is more, for small renal cortical cyst, surgery can not be applied.
Herbal medicines: compared with surgeries, herbal medicines takes longer time to shrink the renal cortical cysts. But the good points are lasting effects and much reduced recurrence and risk. What is more, it can be used to treat small renal cortical cysts.
Prognosis

Renal cysts are generally not harmful. Unless they cause extreme pain or are an unusually large size and pressing against other organs or nerves, many doctors take a "wait and see" approach to treatment. In most cases, the cyst will disappear with no intervention. If the cyst grows, it may be biopsied to rule out cancer, and removed. In most cases, cancer is not the cause of a renal cyst.