Hypoechoic Kidney Lesion

rwomack00
rwomack00 Member Posts: 2 *
in Kidney Cancer #1

Hi everyone,

A little background info about myself, I’m 31 years old. I started having upper and mid right abdominal pain last October so I’ve been seeing a gastro fairly regularly to find a cause to my pain. A month ago, I went for ovary pain and my gyno requested an ultrasound. Lo and behold they found this lesion on my right kidney. It is a 2.1 x 2.4 x 2.6 hypoechoic lesion with no calcification. I was told not to worry that it could be a cyst but I was being referred to a nephrologist who was going to perform further testing. My appointment isn’t until the end of October but I’ve stressed myself out by doing my own research. Apparently, only 20-30% of these solid masses are benign. I know I don’t have concrete info due to not speaking with the doctor but I’m scared. I feel like my pain may not have been gastro after all. Has anyone else had anything similar? What questions should I bring up at my appointment?

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  • Biner
    Biner Member Posts: 137 Member
    #2

    Hello, I have the same position. I had a small cyst on my kidney, I was told not to worry, but after one year it turned to kidney cancer stage 3. Ask for CT with contrast for full clarification, ultrasound is not good for kidney masses. Try not to worry much and stay away from Google. I had surgery in 2020 and still no issues.

  • Mmoses25
    Mmoses25 Member Posts: 326 Member
    #3
    https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/comment/1717923#Comment_1717923

    well hi old friend it’s been awhile couple more months and it will be five years I’m glad your doing well

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