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Case Reports
. 2017 Jul-Aug;27(4):316-318.
doi: 10.4103/0971-4065.202839.

Primary Renal Echinococcosis

Vishal V Ramteke  1 , Nishant S Deshpande  1 , Manish R Balwani  1 , Charulata P Bawankule  1
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Case Reports

Primary Renal Echinococcosis

Vishal V Ramteke et al. Indian J Nephrol. 2017 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

Echinococcosis is a parasitic infection caused by the larval stage of a cestode Echinococcus granulosus and is endemic in sheep farming regions of developing countries. It manifests as hydatid cyst and most commonly is found in liver followed by lungs. Renal hydatid cyst is rare and amounts for 2% of all cases. There are no specific clinical manifestations, and hence diagnosis of renal hydatid disease is missed out easily without imaging. We report a case of 50-year-old female who had 6 months history of lower abdominal pain with hematuria, found to have right renal hydatid cyst on imaging which was treated with right nephrectomy with pre- and post-operative albendazole treatment.

Keywords: Albendazole; echinococcosis; hydatid cyst; percutaneous aspiration.

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Figure 1
Axial contrast computed tomography image showing right kidney with a well-defined multilocular peripherally enhancing cystic lesion with mixed internal attenuation and peripherally arranged daughter cysts and curvilinear calcification
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Figure 2
Right total nephrectomy cut section after removal of daughter cyst and complete loss of renal parenchymal architecture
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