title: Complications of renal cyst puncture.
abstract: One hundred nineteen renal cyst punctures have been reviewed. There have been four complications (3.4 per cent), three requiring surgery. This should be expected, as all invasive diagnostic procedures are accompanied by some morbidity. The relative benefit of nonoperative diagnostic procedures in differentiating benign renal cyst from adenocarcinoma is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011677:Punctures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray; D014465:Ultrasonics