Primary Renal Hydatid Cyst: Mis-Interpretation as a Renal Malignancy.
- Author:
Hoon CHOI
1
;
Jae Young PARK
;
Jae Heon KIM
;
Du Geon MOON
;
Jeong Gu LEE
;
Jae Hyun BAE
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, Korea University Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul 136-705, Korea. urobae@genetherapy.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Reports ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords:
Echinococcosis;
kidney;
nephrectomy
- MeSH:
Echinococcosis/*diagnosis/parasitology/*pathology;
Female;
Humans;
Kidney Diseases/*diagnosis/parasitology/*pathology;
Korea;
Laparoscopy;
Middle Aged;
Nephrectomy;
Radiography, Abdominal;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed;
Uzbekistan
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2014;52(3):295-298
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Primary renal echinococcosis, a rare disease involving the kidney, accounts for 2-3% of human echinococcosis. A 64-year-old female patient from Uzbekistan presented with complaints of left flank pain. A CT scan revealed a cystic mass in the upper to midpole of the left kidney. We regarded this lesion as a renal malignancy and hand-assisted laparoscopic radical nephrectomy was performed to remove the renal mass. The mass consisted of a large unilocular cyst and multiple smaller cysts without any grossly visible renal tissue. The final pathologic diagnosis was a renal hydatid cyst. For patients from endemic areas, hydatid cyst should be included in the differential diagnosis. Here, we present a case of renal hydatid cyst in a female patient who relocated from Uzbekistan to Korea.
