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Help docs! i'm trying to find out what causes the kidney to inlarge.?

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Several things: A kidney may have a cyst or a tumor growing in it that will cause is to enlarge. Initially, a blocked or obstructed kidney may also enlarge as it fills with urine. Less commonly a damaged kidney on one side may result in the opposite kidney enlarging and taking up more of the total kidney function.

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Answered 1/26/2015

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