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Research Paper | Medicine Science | Sudan | Volume 2 Issue 4, April 2013

The Incidence of Renal Cystic Masses in Kassala State: Sudan

Moawia Gamereddin | Elatia Mustafa | Mohamed Yousef ^[19]

Abstract: This is analytical descriptive study deal with incidence of cystic renal masses in Kassala state, the role of u/s (ultrasound) in detection of cystic renal masses in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients, and how it can describe the type, size, and texture of different types of cystic renal masses, to identify if there is relation between renal cyst and other clinical indication (hypertension and symptoms), study include different hospitals and clinics in Kassala state.790 patients scanned with ultrasound, hematuria, flank pain and palpable abdominal masses were considered as a basic clinical presentation of symptomatic patients. Study found that the incidence of renal cystic masses is 2.9%, the most common type of renal cystic masses in male, there was strong relation between age, and renal cyst, the high incidence of cyst was solitary and unilateral and there was no relation between prevalence of cyst and patient condition (symptoms and hypertension), so ultrasound should be the first save diagnostic test to it is safety and reliability.

Keywords: incidence, renal cystic masses, Kassala, ultrasound, Sudan

Edition: Volume 2 Issue 4, April 2013,

Pages: 274 - 277