Uncommon presentation and management of a giant renal cyst abscess: A case report

Figure 1 Imaging studies. A: Transabdominal ultrasound scan films demonstrating the left renal cyst and compressed left kidney (blue and orange arrows) respectively; B and C: Non-contrast and contrast-enhanced abdominal computerized tomography scan of the same pathology with bilaterally functioning kidneys.

Figure 2 The intraoperative findings. A: Mobilized left kidney and cyst; B: Cyst aspiration of pus; C: Pus drainage; D: Cyst unroofed/excised and marsupialization completed.

Figure 3 The renal ultrasound scan. A: Three months follow-up: Normal right kidney and left kidney with a medullary cyst (orange arrow); B: Twelve months postoperatively: Normal kidneys, measuring 9.5 cm and 9.8 cm in bipolar lengths on the right and left sides, respectively and resolution of the left medullary cyst seen at three months postoperative.