Kidney Cyst Vs Stone. 35 years experience urology. How do you tell the difference in the pain.
Some doctors refer to the calcifications inside cysts as stones but it s old school terminology. But stones can be nasty and very painful. Kidney stones occur within the renal cavity whereas cystic calcifications occur within the cavity of the cyst.
Simple kidney cysts complex kidney cysts and polycystic kidney disease pkd.
Cysts a sac containing fluid separated from the surroundings aren t growths and 8 mm cysts would just be a chance finding of no consequence at all although in theory if there was a bleeding into the cyst it could cause you pain but th. Doctor says i either have kidney stones or a ruptured ovarian cyst and ultrasound isn t for another 2 weeks. How do you tell the difference in the pain. 35 years experience urology.