what is a lesion on the kidney
What is Kidney Lesion? When an abnormal tissue is found associated with any organism or inside any organism, then it is called lesion. More often occurrence of lesion is because of some trauma or disease to body tissue. The world lesion is derived from the Latin term âlaesioâ which means injury. Lesion encompasses a broad meaning and hence any damage to the tissue is termed as lesion. A kidney lesion is an abnormal tissue which is damaged by some malignant growth on kidney or near it. Many times metabolic processes like trauma, ulcer caused due to electrocution, skin diseases like chicken pox or chemical burns can cause lesions to kidney.
A malignant lesion is cancerous and requires treatment. A benign lesion is not cancerous, but may still cause medical complications which lead to treatment. One reason to develop kidney lesions is because of kidney cancer, in which case a mass may be visible in the kidneys if a patient is given an ultrasound.