renal cystic lesions Flashcards
What is the composition of a simple cortical cyst? Where do they arise from?
Fibrous tissue lined by flattened cuboidal epithelium containing clear serous fluid
Distal convoluted tubule or collecting duct
When measuring cortical cyst wall thickness, what portion of the wall is measured?
The exophytic portion, as the parenchymal portion can be confused with the renal parenchyma
On radionucleotide scans, what feature distinguishes the photopenic cystic lesion from frank hydronephrosis
With a cystic mass lesion, the agent will still fill into the ureter
What are the most common clinical manifestations of cyst rupture
hematuria and flank pain
What is segmental cystic disease of the kidney?
Replacement of all/most of one kidney by multiple cysts
What features make a septation benign of malignant?
Benign - thin, smooth, no nodularity
Malignant - thick, nodular solid mass component
What findings make a cyst complicated?
Septations (thicker/nodular are worse)
Thick wall
Hyperdensity
Enhancement
What is the main difference between hyperdense cyst and renal carcinoma?
Both may look like well defined homogenous hyperdense lesions, but cysts will not enhance
What is pseudoenhancement? What is the problem solving technique?
spurious increase in enhancement after contrast administration caused by the reconstruction algorithm used by modern scanners to adjust for beam hardening effects.
Most pronounced during the early phases of enhancement
Can be reevaluated with alternate imaging modality such as US
What is a Bosniak class I lesion
simple cyst with no atypical features
What is a Bosniak class II lesion
some atypical features though likely benign
thin nonenhancing septa or rimlike calcification
nonehancing hyperdense lesions (hemorrhagic, proteinacious)
What is a bosniak class IIF lesion
minimally complex with suspicious features
increased septa with minimally thickened septa +/- calcifications
hyperdense cysts >3cm that is >75% intrarenal
What is a bosniak class III lesion
Complex
complex septations
multiloculated cysts, thickened walls, dense calcifications, minimal enhancement
What is a bosniak class IV lesion
likely malignant
solid mass with cystic or necrotic component
enhancing solid component or thick irregular walls
What is a milk of calcium cyst? Where are they seen?
Collection of small calcific granules in the cystic fluid (CaCO3) in suspension and layered in the dependent portion.
Seen in the calyceal diverticulum
What are the extrarenal associations with medullary cystic disease in the juvenile population “juvenile nephronophthisis”
retinal degeneration
hepatic fibrosis
skeletal abnormalities
Where are the cysts in medullary cystic disease
medulla, up to 2cm in diameter
cortex is thinned but does not contain cysts
How are the uremic medullary cystic diseases classified?
By age
adult - auto dom MCD
kids - juvenile nephronophthisis
What are the clinical signs associated with auto dom medullary cystic disease
severe anemia with progressive renal failure
salt wasting nephropathy not correct with mineralocorticoids
fixed low specific gravity on UA
HTN late
What is the clinical course of juvenile nephronophthisis
Onset at 3-5 years
anemia and progressive renal failure, more indolent than the adult version
What are the imaging features in medullary cystic disease
US - loss of corticomedullary differentiation, hypoechoic parenchyma compared to liver/spleen
What is the worrisome association with ARPKD
hepatic fibrosis progressing to portal HTN and esophageal varices