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@mysupportmydr46 Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I'm sorry to hear you have a complex cyst that may require surgery.
From your post, it looks to be slow growing. If that is the case, perhaps you could seek a second opinion regarding a biopsy before surgery? I, too, had a complex cyst that was followed for a couple of years with ultrasounds and MRIs. It was decided that after starting dialysis [in Sept 2022] they would do a nephrectomy. Earlier in that year, however, after additional consultation, the surgeon told me that the cyst was not acting like a tumor or anything cancerous, and we elected to not follow through with that surgery. His information was as he reviewed diagnostic images, there was a difference in the blood flow that gave him pause.
I will be interested to hear what you decide, and please let us know if we may be able to answer any more questions?
Ginger
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Happy Thanksgiving! We are at Mayp Clinic ready to check out today. My husband had a radical nephrectomy Monday to remove a very large tumor. He did have a biopsy about seven weeks ago on his 10 cm tumor because it was suspicious but not a typical cancer response from the CT. The tumor came back as Papillary Renal cancer. My husband did have bleeding complications after the biopsy. He has bilateral cancer so they wanted to be sure it was cancer before taking the kidney.
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Hi Ginger
Thank you for your info.
I have not yet decided what to do. But will post later when I and family, and more research can make a decision.
Fern