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How likely is it for a calcified cyst in the kidney to become cancerous?
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Stop worrying: This may be a little atherosclerotic aneurysm or a real epithelial cyst or calyceal diverticulum that's undergone dystrophic calcification. Unless the radiologist has expressed concern, I'd forget about it. Cancers arise from situations in which there's honest-to-goodness genetic damage and/or massive cell turnover. Neither's happening in a calcified cyst.
Answered 6/5/2018
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