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Case Reports
. 2017 Aug 24:2017:bcr2017220502.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-220502.

Primary renal echinococcosis with gross hydatiduria

Archit Gupta  1 , Jagdish Gupta  1 , Bhavesh Devkaran  1 , Arun Gupta  1
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Case Reports

Primary renal echinococcosis with gross hydatiduria

Archit Gupta et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

Renal echinococcosis is a rare disease. It is usually asymptomatic but may present with pain, lump or in rare cases hydatiduria. Diagnosis is mainly by imaging but serology is usually false negative. We present a patient of renal echinococcosis who presented with passing of grape skin like structures in urine and was diagnosed to be a case of renal echinococcosis on the basis of positive serology, ultrasonographic and CT findings. The patient underwent a nephroureterectomy and was given albendazole preoperatively and postoperatively.

Keywords: gastrointestinal surgery; general surgery.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
Contrast-enhanced CT showing unilocular hydatid cyst with spoke wheel pattern.
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Figure 2
Contrast-enhanced CT showing thinning out of renal parenchyma and the resultant beak sign at lower pole of kidney (red arrow). Also seen is communication of hydatid cyst with the collecting system (white arrow).
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Figure 3
Postoperative cut section of the specimen showing completely destroyed renal parenchyma because of the cyst.
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