Pyelography (pyelo-ureterography) a study of the normal and pathologic anatomy of the renal pelvis and ureter . ^ whichcould not be Fig. 270.—Renal tumor—solitary cyst. SOLITARY CYST A not infrequent cause of symptomless abdominal tumor is a large solitary renal cyst. The urinary and cystoscopic data may be negative and the nature of the tumor remain unrecognized. When the cyst becomes so large or is so situ- 286 PYELOGRAPHY ated as to compress the pelvis, the resulting deformity maybe outlined in the pyelogram. A large cyst may cause con-siderable change in the position and axis of
Pyelography (pyelo-ureterography) a study of the normal and pathologic anatomy of the renal pelvis and ureter . ^ whichcould not be Fig. 270.—Renal tumor—solitary cyst. SOLITARY CYST A not infrequent cause of symptomless abdominal tumor is a large solitary renal cyst. The urinary and cystoscopic data may be negative and the nature of the tumor remain unrecognized. When the cyst becomes so large or is so situ- 286 PYELOGRAPHY ated as to compress the pelvis, the resulting deformity maybe outlined in the pyelogram. A large cyst may cause con-siderable change in the position and axis of the kidney,possibly as the result of increased weight in one pole. InFig. 270 marked compression by a large solitary cyst in-volving the entire lower pole and part of the upper is ap-
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