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Remission of hypertension after treatment of giant simple renal cyst: a case report

Youness Ahallal1*, Abdelhak Khallouk1, Mohammed F Tazi1, Elmehdi Tazi2, Mohammed J Elfassi1 and Moulay H Farih1

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1 Department of Urology, Teaching Hospital II, Fez, 30000, Morocco

2 Department of Oncology, National Institut of Oncology, Teaching Hospital IbnSina, 1000, Rabat, Morocco

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Cases Journal 2009, 2:9152 doi:10.1186/1757-1626-2-9152

Published: 7 December 2009

Abstract

Renal cysts are common in old patients, and usually remain untreated. Giant renal cysts measuring more than 15 cm in greatest diameter are uncommon and the association with hypertension is very rare. We present a case of a 25-year-old woman with a giant right renal cyst associated with hypertension that was treated by laparoscopic excision, followed by resolution hypertension.