Found mass on kidney......frightened..... - Kidney Disorders Message Board

Shellipoo · 06-11-2003, 10:44 AM

I've been having right side pain in my abdomin for sometime now....doctor suspected gallstones and did an ultrasound. Gallbladder is fine but ultrasound shows a small mass (about the size of an olive) on my right kidney. I'm scared.....could this be cancer? What else could it be....anyone else have this? I have to have a CT scan tomorrow but won't get results for a few days and I'm terrified not knowing whats going on. Any reassurance would be appreciated...thank you.

Shelli

foz1130 · 06-12-2003, 04:35 PM

Shelli, Drs. found a mass on my kidney by accident 20 years ago. Yea, I freaked! It is the size of a grape, mid portion in my right kidney and it is called a benign renal angiomyolipoma. My urologist has an ultrasound done yearly and it has not changed in size or shape. He said should there ever be a change he would biopsy it, otherwise leave it alone. It is a benign (non cancer) tumor. Occasionally I experience dull ache on the right side and the doctor claims these things bleed sometime and that is the dull pain I am feeling. I hope this is what you have because it is not cancer and you can live with it!!
Good luck and try not to be scared.

Raleighman · 06-14-2003, 11:11 PM

Sounds like exactly my problem. Had A CT and ultrasound, both indicated a 1 to 1.5cm mass on my right kidney. Waiting to see the urologist now.

Shellipoo · 06-15-2003, 10:46 AM

Thanks for replying....I appreciate it. Best wishes to both of you.......

hallmatt · 03-23-2004, 06:52 PM

How did this turn out for you all?

My wife just got IVP results back. Her gyno of all people had ordered it. He wants her to get a referal to a urologist to evaluate it. He said he saw a mass on the IVP but didn't go into detail about size.

Are the odds that this is cancerous? Are there better odds that it's a stone?

She's almost 30yo now. Thyroid issues since she was young. We both quit smoking recently after smoking throughout our 20s. I know, that's not a good sign. She's had some flank pain and they detected slight blood in her urine which is what prompted this testing. She did a colonoscopy too just to be sure it wasn't bowel related, that all came back OK. The lower abdominal U/S didn't show anything in the lower urinary/pelvic area.

I can't seem to find many message about renal (kidney) mass. She had a cyst on one ovary but the gyno said it didn't look troubling at all which is why he ordered the IVP. When I search for info about that, I found all kinds of things about how ovarian cysts are relatively common. But I can't find anything about kidney mass except cancer. Is that really the highly likely possibility?