Gadelkareem RA, Elqady AA, Abd-Elshafy SK, Imam H, Abolella HA. Isolated Renal Hydatid Cyst Misdiagnosed and Operated as a Cystic Renal Tumor.
Med Princ Pract 2018;
27:297-300. [PMID:
29597212 PMCID:
PMC6062661 DOI:
10.1159/000488878]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this work is the presentation of a case of isolated renal hydatid cyst with novel findings and an unusual surgical scenario.
CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION
A 54-year-old female patient presented with left loin pain and a palpable left renal mass. Imaging described a well-demarcated left renal cystic lesion with a double-layer wall. Radical nephrectomy was performed due to the possibility of malignancy. On retrograde revision, the double-layer wall represented the detached germinative membrane of a hydatid cyst that was confirmed by histopathology.
CONCLUSION
Isolated renal hydatid cyst could be misinterpreted as a renal tumor. It should be considered in the differential diagnosis of renal cystic lesions.
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