Top answers from doctors based on your search:
Kidney mass
A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mazen Ghani answered
24 years experience Radiology
both: Kidney masses on ultrasound can be black or white or both.
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more. Get help now:
A 79-year-old male asked:
Dr. Richard Zimon answered
59 years experience Internal Medicine
Generally: with advanced imaging....and this will most likely lead to imaging directed BIOPSY....only after that will an EXACT diagnosis and most suitable treat ... Read More
A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Peter Bream answered
25 years experience Radiology
Yes and no: A benign kidney mass, the most common is called a simple cyst, does not cause kidney stones. Stasis of urine, diet and genetics cause stones. If there ... Read More
A 74-year-old male asked:
Dr. Donald Colantino answered
61 years experience Internal Medicine
Kidney mass: I believe that an MRI can make that distinction, but this question is best answered by the radiologist. Your attending physician can confer with the r ... Read More
2
2 thanks
A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. Daniel Saurborn answered
23 years experience Diagnostic Radiology
Bosniak 2F: Usually, this type of cyst is benign. However a small percentage do have cancer potential. This kind of lesion requires repeat imaging to make sure it ... Read More
1
1 comment
1
1 thank
A female asked:
Dr. Gerald Mandell answered
52 years experience Nuclear Medicine
Yes: Patients who have survived thyroid cancer have an increased risk of suffering a second malignancy, including renal cell carcinoma. A higher prevalenc ... Read More
A 37-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rakesh Lattupalli answered
23 years experience Nephrology and Dialysis
See Nephrologist: Kidney lesions are usually not biopsied and monitored.
If suspicious for cancer will need partial nephrectomy but is unlikely at your age.
Work up f ... Read More
1
1 thank
A 32-year-old female asked:
Dr. Grant Linnell answered
24 years experience Radiology
Not likely: Some tumors can be seen on plain x-ray but ct and MRI are much better for looking at the kidneys.
1
1 thank
A 31-year-old male asked:
Dr. Bruce J. Stringer answered
47 years experience Radiology
Probably Low: Only 50% of masses with a diameter smaller than 1 cm are malignant. Despite the localized, nonaggressive behavior of most small renal tumors, up to 5% ... Read More
1
1 thank
A 42-year-old female asked:
is it possible for a kidney cancer mass to be felt in the general hip area closer to the lower side?
Dr. Rabii Madi answered
23 years experience Urology
Unlikely to be felt: Kidney cancers are rarely visible or palpable or felt on physical exam. Rarely though, a very big kidney tumor could be visible as bulge and felt in ... Read More
3
3 thanks
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more. Get help now:
People also searched for:
Connect by text or video with a U.S. board-certified doctor now — wait time is less than 1 minute!
24/7 visits
$15 per month