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Case Reports
. 2021 Feb 16:38:175.
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2021.38.175.27993. eCollection 2021.

Isolated renal hydatid disease: laparoscopic approach to an uncommon entity (case report)

Saket Kumar  1 , Saurabh Singla  1 , Ausaf Ahmad  1 , Nishant Kurian  1 , Venkat Rao Chidipotu  1
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Isolated renal hydatid disease: laparoscopic approach to an uncommon entity (case report)

Saket Kumar et al. Pan Afr Med J. .

Abstract

Hydatidosis is a parasitic disease, endemic in various parts of the World. It frequently involves liver and lungs and, rarely, other organs as well. Isolated renal hydatidosis is a rare entity that accounts for less than 3% of all hydatid cases. Surgery remains the mainstay of treatment. We hereby report a case of isolated renal hydatid cyst involving left kidney that was managed by laparoscopic approach.

Keywords: Renal hydatid cyst; case report; echinococcal cyst; isolated; laparoscopic.

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Figure 1
A) axial view CT scan of the abdomen showing a well-defined complex cystic lesion, arising from the inferio-medial aspect of the left kidney (arrow); B) coronal view
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Figure 2
intraoperative image showing the exposure of hydatid cyst after mobilization of the descending colon
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Figure 3
laparoscopic renal hydatid cyst de-roofing was done and daughter cysts were evacuated
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Figure 4
bosniak classification of renal cysts. Type 1: Thin wall, homogeneous, aseptate, no calcification; type 2: thin wall with fine calcifications and/or septations; type 2F: slightly thick and irregular wall, multiple thin septa with calcifications; type 3: uniform wall thickening with nodularity, multiple septa with calcifications and contrast enhancement; type 4: irregular soild-cystic lesion with prominent nodularity; solid enhancing components independent of septa
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