Often kidney cyst and kidney tumour induce the same kind of fear. But according to Dr. Sumit Bansal, consultant – urology, Manipal Hospital Dwarka, New Delhi, they are distinctly different. In an ...

The presence and number of kidney cysts, particularly in the medulla, may be an additional imaging-based biomarker for progressive CKD after radical nephrectomy for kidney cancer. Among patients who ...

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), the most common form of polycystic kidney disease, can lead to kidney enlargement and eventual loss of function. The disease affects more than 12 ...

A 46-year-old man who recently moved to the area was referred to the nephrology clinic for kidney cysts. He was found to have multiple cysts in the left kidney at age 27 for which he was referred to ...

A compound originally developed as a cancer treatment may hold promise for treating polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), which affects more than half a million Americans and can lead to kidney ...

MIT researchers including Robert Croy (left) and Bogdan Fedeles have discovered that a drug they originally developed as a potential cancer treatment may also hold promise in treating autosomal ...

Calling all popaholics! Dr. Sandra Lee's pimple-popping community is an avid one and for fans of the ever-satisfying squeeze, there's nothing quite like a cyst. Dr. Lee—the famed dermatologist who ...

Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) afflicts as many as two million people around the world, affecting multiple organs, including lungs, brain, skin, and kidneys. In about 80 percent of cases, it causes ...