What are liver lesions? What is a renal cyst?
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A lesion is much like a cut or sore on the liver.A lesion could be caused by many things and needs to be diagnosed by a doctot. A renal cyst is a lump on the kidney-probably benign and could be diagnosed by the size and shape of it.
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A dermoid cyst is a saclike growth that is present at birth. It contains structures such as hair, fluid, teeth, or skin glands that can be found on or in the skin. Dermoid cysts grow slowly and are not tender unless ruptured. They usually occur on the face, inside the skull, on the lower back, and in the ovaries. These growths can develop in a woman during her reproductive years. They can cause torsion, infection, rupture, and cancer. These dermoid cysts can be removed with either conventional surgery or laparoscopy (surgery that uses small incisions and specially designed instruments to enter the abdomen or pelvis).
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cysts are usually a sweeling formed by fluid inside a thin wall. Usually they are pretty harmless.\nSome can be cancerous  eg ovarian cysts. The only way to know for sure is by examing the tissue under a microscope.\nSometimes harmless/benign cysts can turn cancerous. again there will be signs eg sudden increase in size, irregularity, rock-like hardness etc that will signal these cancerous changes. If u ever get any such symptoms in a cyst that was previously proved to be benign, show urself to a doctor.
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Hi,\nI'm really sorry to hear this.We have been through something similar.\nAt my 18 week scan,they picked up a problem with my son's kidneys,they did a repeat scan at 25 weeks.He had dilated polycystic kidneys.At birth he was born with a cleft palate and had to have several scan's and tests on his kidney's.His one is functioning normally but the other has totally dissolved,it was dilated non-functioning and covered in cyst's.\nHis cleft caused more problems than his kidney's though.\nWishing you well for a safe delivery,hope all goes well.
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Based on the term alone, I would say it is a tumor (not necessarily cancerous), or some other growth on both adrenal glands.  Bilateral = both sides, adrenal = glands on top of kidneys.  If it is appearing on BOTH kidneys, it seems paradoxical to what you would typically see in cancer.  I'm curious to know for certain what it is, though.
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From my understanding Cirrosis of the liver is a build up of scar tissue on the liver usually caused by alochol and bad eating habits.  My brother has just been diagnosised with a fatty liver and if he doesn't straighten up his diet and drinking habits will eventually end up with Cirrosis of the liver from scar tissue that will build up on his liver eventually needing a new liver if he could get one soon enough.  Go to mywebmd.com and look into it that's where I got my information from.
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Liver spots are brown-black pigmentation that occur in those areas that are exposed to the sun like the back of the hands, forearms, shoulders, face and forehead. They occur because the skin produces extra melanin to protect itself from sun exposure. Generally people over 40 years get them. Liver spots are permanent but not medically dangerous, although sometimes they may mask skin cancer.
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You may mean bilirubin which is a chemical that guases the yllow or orange color of bile and is excreted by the liver.  It is basically the leftover bits of used up red blood cells.\n\nHepatitis is a technically inflamation of the liver.  Inflamation may be caused by several viruses and bacteria.\n\nAutoimmune hepatitis is when the bodies immune system attacks the liver for unknown reasons unusally in females between age 15 and 40.
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stones, infection, cancer, many sorts of kidney disease.  You should seek medical attention
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Here is a bunch of information for you- D\nFatty liver is an excessive accumulation of a type of fat (triglyceride) inside the liver cells. \nIn the United States and other Western countries, the most common causes of fatty liver are alcoholism, obesity, diabetes, and elevated serum triglyceride levels. Other causes include malnutrition, hereditary disorders of metabolism (such as the glycogen storage diseases (see Muscular Dystrophy and Related Disorders: Introduction and Hereditary Metabolic Disorders: Glycogen Storage Diseases), and drugs (such as corticosteroids, tetracyclineSome Trade Names \nACHROMYCIN V\nTETRACYN\nSUMYCIN\n, and aspirinSome Trade Names \nECOTRIN\nASPERGUM\n). The mechanism by which these diseases or factors cause fat to accumulate within liver cells is not known. Simply eating a high-fat diet, for example, does not produce a fatty liver. One possible explanation is that these diseases or factors slow the rate at which fat is processed (metabolized) and excreted by the body. The resulting buildup of fat within the body, according to this theory, is then stored inside the liver cells.\n\nSometimes the cause of fatty liver is not clear, especially when it occurs in newborns; however, it is likely to be a defect in the mitochondria of the liver cells.\n\nIn some people, a fatty liver not due to alcohol abuse or drugs and toxins but associated with obesity, diabetes mellitus, and raised serum triglycerides will progress to scarring (fibrosis) and cirrhosis, possibly because of underlying inflammation. This type of fatty liver is sometimes referred to as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.\n  \nKnown Causes of Fatty Liver \n\nObesity \nDiabetes \nChemicals and drugs (such as alcohol, corticosteroids, tetracyclines, valproate, methotrexate, carbon tetrachloride, and yellow phosphorus) \nMalnutrition and a low-protein diet \nPregnancy \nVitamin A toxicity \nBypass surgery of the small intestine \nCystic fibrosis (most likely accompanied by malnutrition) \nHereditary defects in glycogen, galactose, tyrosine, or homocystine metabolism \nMedium-chain aryl dehydrogenase deficiency \nCholesterol esterase deficiency \nPhytanic acid storage disease (Refsum's disease) \nAbetalipoproteinemia \nReye's syndrome \n\nSymptoms and Diagnosis\n\nFatty liver usually produces no symptoms. In rare cases, however, it results in jaundice (a yellowish discoloration of the skin and the whites of the eyes), nausea, vomiting, pain, and abdominal tenderness.\n\nA physical examination that reveals an enlarged liver without any other symptoms suggests fatty liver. Liver function tests are also performed to determine if there is a liver abnormality, such as inflammation (see Liver Function Tests), which sometimes accompanies the extra fat in the liver cells and can be associated with the development of cirrhosis in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Excess fat in the liver can be detected on abdominal ultrasound. The diagnosis may be confirmed by a liver biopsy, in which a doctor inserts a long hollow needle through the skin to obtain a small piece of liver tissue for examination under a microscope (see Diagnostic Tests for Liver and Gallbladder Disorders: Biopsy of the Liver).\n\nPrognosis and Treatment\n\nAlthough excessive fat in the liver may not in itself be a serious problem (the fat can disappear, for example, if the person stops drinking), its underlying cause might be. For example, repeated liver injury from toxic substances such as alcohol may eventually progress from fatty liver to cirrhosis (severe scarring of the liver). Therefore, treatment of fatty liver aims at minimizing or eliminating the underlying cause of the disorder.\n\nLast reviewed/revised February 1, 2003\n  \n  \n Liver Degenerative Disease\n\nWhen compared to other health conditions, it is striking how little attention is given to diseases of the liver, particularly considering the rising level of concern about health and health-related environmental issues. Hepato
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To answer this question, you will need to consult with your doctor.  A radiologist will have to review the CT scan with you doctor in order to determine the significance of the irregular density in the lower poles of your kidneys. You may require an additional CT scan with contrast or and MRI with contrast to determine what these densities are.\n\nA 'renal scan' will not be helpful in this case.  This is a 'functional' test and measures the ability of the kidneys to excrete (pass) a nuclear 'dye'.  It can be used to compare function between your kidney and is often used as a test to help determine a condition where there is decreased blood flow to one of the kidneys (a condition called renal artery stenosis).\n\nIt is important to make sure that these densities are a normal variant and not something that you have to worry about (for example kidney cancer).  Given that they are in the same location and on both sides I would think that this is highly unlikely, but this is always important to determine.  Suggested further testing, if needed, is usually part of a CT report, but I would make sure that these densities are benign.\n\nUnfortunately, you are complaining of pain.  Irregular densities, solitary cysts, and even cancers rarely cause pain.  Medical testing is designed to eliminate (rule out) causes of diseases that are harmful and usually does a good job of this.  However, the absence of any findings on the CT  to explain the pain you are experiencing does not mean that the cause of the pain can't be determined or that the pain can't be treated.  There are many causes of back pain/kidney pain that are not picked up by a CT.\n\nPlease follow up with your doctor and make sure he or she is answering your questions.  Best of luck.
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A single 3mm nodule (subpleural refers to the location, it is beneath the pleural space in the upper right lobe of the lung) - this is a small nodule, about the size of a small bead. Opacification refers to how opaque it is, or how white it appears on the x-ray. The less white (opaque) it is, the less dense it is, and this tells the radiologist certain things. That the clinician wants to look at it again in 1 year suggests that he/she doesn't think it's dangerous but on the other hand doesn't really know what it is either - further testing is needed, with some time to allow the thing to do whatever it's going to do (grow, shrink, change color, etc.) Lots of these 'spots' on the lung are nothing more than fibrous lumps. The cyst (a fluid filled sac) on your kidney again could be something or not. Cysts by themselves don't do much (sometimes they are in a tight spot and cause pain). Dozens of cysts would be a problem. No renal masses means no stones and no cancerous nodules. That's good news. 1 year is a good amount of time to wait before having another test, and it means don't worry!
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The article in the Journal Medicine Today encouraged a gradual reduction in weight which has been shown to improve liver function and reverse liver damage. However the authors warn against very rapid weight loss from fad diets or radical surgery which may have a negative impact upon the progression of liver injury. Also, dont go Veg, when your body is healing it is crucial to get complete protiens (most of which come from animal sources). Just remember to keep animal products at a minimum and cholesterol low (that wont help the liver). As far as the kidneys....you can get cranberry extract at any drug store (pill or tincter form) pop one of those a day with plenty of water.
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Benign tumors are noncancerous. Most are asymptomatic, are discovered incidentally, and are not immediately life threatening. \n\nTypes include Renal adenomas, Renal Oncocytoma, Angiomyolipoma, Fibroma, Lipoma, which are ALL benign, or, of course, Renal Carcinoma.  You can read about each of these tumors at:  http://www.urologychannel.com/kidneycancer/benign.shtml\n\nRemember to be diligent about your follow up care.  Do the tests your doctors request and keep keep the lines of communication open with your health care providers.
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If you have a simple renal cyst, they rarely require treatment intervention. \nhttp://www.urologystone.org/CH14Laparoscopy/renalCysts.html\n\nIf you have polycystic kidneys, no treatment is available for the cysts that occur due to PKD. If the cysts are causing symptoms, these symptoms can be treated so you will be more comfortable.  So, for example, if you are suffering from urinary tract infections, they will treat that symptom.\nhttp://familydoctor.org/142.xml
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Sometimes you can just get simple cysts in your pancreas.  If this is the case, there's nothing to worry about.  There are conditions which cause numerous cysts in the pancreas.  One of these is multi-cystic kidney disease (numerous cysts in kidneys, liver, and pancreas.)   Another is Von Hippel Landau disease.\n\nCysts can be seen after pancreatitis (so called pseudocysts).\n\nThere are cystic neoplasms (tumors).  Of all the possibilities, this of course is the most dangerous.  There are certain findings on CT or MRI that might suggest this possibility.  To be absolutely safe, you could consider biopsy or aspiration of the cyst OR following the cysts on CT for two years to confirm long-term stability.
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A kidney may be shrunken due to repeated infections. The kidney tissue becomes damaged and is replaced by scar tissue. A kidney may also be small since birth. It will not become normal.  Treat the underlying condition and avoid further damage to your kidneys. Drink plenty of water. Get regular investigations done, as suggested by your doctor. These include urinalysis, ultra sound examination, blood urea nitrogen, serum creatinine and others, according to the underlying condition. Good luck!