Kidney cyst in 12 year old

[Yogatool]

Hello.

My 12 year old daughter had an US scan a few days ago for recurrent UTI-s, and they incidentally found a small cyst on her left kidney. The sonographer didn’t say much, just that it’s common in adults, but not so much in children.

Obviously, I will ring the GP next week ASAP to discuss the results, but in the meantime I’m beside myself with worry as I understand it’s quite rare in children.

Anyone has any advice on this please?

[Organplayer]

I’ve had what they call simple kidney cysts since my teens with no problems! Apparently they sometimes get infected but mine never have and I’m 85 years old!

[Darlenia]

My hubby also has a simple cyst in his kidney (also one in his brain). The cyst never posed a problem, his kidney failure came from diabetes. I suspect many of us have benign simple cysts that simply go unnoticed.