Question: Hi doctor.

My husband just had a kidney ultrasound and this is what the report says. Renal ultrasound demonstrated small hyperechoic foci seen in both kidneys, probably non-obstructing renal calculi. There is a cyst in the left kidney measuring 17mm. There is no hydronephrosis or other renal mass.

My husband also had his blood work done which showed Normal BUN which was 13( ref range (6-26). His creatinine level was 1.18 ( ref rage 0.50- 1.20). His BUN/CRE ratio was 11.0 ( ref range was 10-20). Doctor said these were all normal. His uric acid level was 7.9 which the doctor said was a little elevated, but not horrible.

My husbands grandfather died from a hereditary kidney disease. We are not sure what the name of the disease was( his mother does not know). All she told us was that he died when he was 58 years old and the autopsy said his kidneys were the size of a 5 year olds. They say he died of ureic poisoning. His grandfathers two brothers each had a kid that had come down with kidney disease as well when they were adults and ended up needing kidney transplants later in life ( one was 60 and the other was in her upper 40's). My husbands mother and her sister however are both healthy(no kidney issues). I made an apt for my husband to see a nephrologist to go over all this. I am just wondering what your opinion on this is. Our regular primary care doc who ordered the kidney ultrasound( we only did the kidney ultrasound after his mother told us about her father and the kidney disease. My husband has NO symptoms at all and feels fine), well our primary care doc did not seem too overly worried about this. I of course am! Does him having a cyst in his kidney mean he likely has kidney disease? Could they tell the difference between a simple kidney cyst verses ones that cause kidney disease on an ultrasound scan?? Should I be concerned or am I over worrying?

My husband has only 1 cyst in the left kidney. Would this indicate that he has this kidney disease then?