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KMID : 0425120140520030295
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
2014 Volume.52 No. 3 p.295 ~ p.298
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Primary Renal Hydatid Cyst: Mis-Interpretation as a Renal Malignancy
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Choi Hoon
Park Jae-Young
Kim Jae-Hoon
Moon Du-Geon
Lee Jeong-Gu
Bae Jae-Hyun
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Abstract
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Primary renal echinococcosis, a rare disease involving the kidney, accounts for 2-3% of human echinococcosis. A 64-year-old female patient from Uzbekistan presented with complaints of left flank pain. A CT scan revealed a cystic mass in the upper to midpole of the left kidney. We regarded this lesion as a renal malignancy and hand-assisted laparoscopic radical nephrectomy was performed to remove the renal mass. The mass consisted of a large unilocular cyst and multiple smaller cysts without any grossly visible renal tissue. The final pathologic diagnosis was a renal hydatid cyst. For patients from endemic areas, hydatid cyst should be included in the differential diagnosis. Here, we present a case of renal hydatid cyst in a female patient who relocated from Uzbekistan to Korea.
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KEYWORD
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Echinococcosis, kidney, nephrectomy
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