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Cyst covering right kidney my doctor referred me to urologist. and multiple stones in left kidney (no pain) in lower pole. one largest 2.5 cm in size?

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Dr. Robert Kneece answered

Stones: Stones in the kidneys usually cause no symptoms or pain unless they go into the tube leading to the bladder-the ureter.Cyst in the kidney are fairly commmon and if simple-fluid filled are usually benign but complex cysts or masses need to be futher investigated.

Answered 2/6/2019

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