A rare complication: Infection in acromegalic renal cysts

Yuki Mori; Yuki Otsuka; Yasuhiro Nakano; Hiroyuki Sakae; Kou Hasegawa; Fumio Otsuka

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3108

A rare complication: Infection in acromegalic renal cysts

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Jul 16;8(12):3551-3552. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3108. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Authors

Yuki Mori^{1

2}, Yuki Otsuka¹, Yasuhiro Nakano¹, Hiroyuki Sakae¹, Kou Hasegawa¹, Fumio Otsuka¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Medicine Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Okayama Japan.
² Center for Graduate Medical Education Okayama University Hospital Okayama Japan.

Abstract

Renal cysts are detected in one third of acromegaly patients, especially in uncontrolled cases. Clinicians should pay attention to unexpected infection of enlarged renal cysts in acromegaly patients.

Keywords: acromegaly; renal cyst; urinary tract infection.