Dear Dr. Roach: Diet, medication not influential in kidney cyst development - Herald & Review


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Dear Dr. Roach: Diet, medication not influential in kidney cyst development
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It does not seem that diet or medication predispose someone to developing kidney cysts. They may arise from diverticula (outpouchings) in the kidney's collecting tubule. Obstruction of the tubule, such as by a stone, may predispose to them, too, but it ...