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Case Reports
. 2015 Jul-Sep;6(3):134-6.
doi: 10.4103/0976-7800.165597.

Isolated renal hydatid cyst in a diabetic postmenopausal female

Monica Gupta  1 , Ram Singh  1 , Sarabmeet Singh Lehl  1
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Case Reports

Isolated renal hydatid cyst in a diabetic postmenopausal female

Monica Gupta et al. J Midlife Health. 2015 Jul-Sep.

Abstract

Isolated renal hydatid disease is very uncommon and is usually an unexpected disclosure during radiological imaging. Since it affects the kidney, renal mass, or colic, hematuria, pyuria, and dysuria are the predominant symptoms. We present a case of a 48-year-old diabetic postmenopausal female incidentally diagnosed with an isolated giant renal hydatid cyst while evaluating the cause of recurrent flank pain.

Keywords: Echinococcosis; hydatid cyst; renal.

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Figure 1
(a) Coronal section of contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan revealing a large well-defined expansile soft tissue hypo-attenuating mass lesion showing multiple cystic areas within it suggestive of hydatid, arising from cortex of upper pole of left kidney. (b) Axial section of contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan showing the large multiseptate left renal hydatid cyst. This image is typical of Type 2 cysts, which are multilocular with mixed internal attenuation, contain multiseptated daughter cysts
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