Isolated Echinococcal Cyst of the Kidney: Case report and review of the literature

Schoeneich, G.; Heimbach, D.; Buszello, H.; Müller, Stefan

doi:10.3109/00365599709070310

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“…The Casoni skin test produces positive results in about 25-50% of the patients, while the Weinberg test yields about 40% positive results. Although the indirect hemagglutination test has a higher positive rate of about 75% for hydatid disease, it also shows false-negative results due to circulating immune complexes and false-positive data due to cross-reactivity with other parasitic infections, such as schistosomiasis and cysticercosis [2,[7][8][9][10] . Serological and other laboratory analyses were negative in our case.…”

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Isolated Unilocular Renal Hydatid Cyst: A Rare Diagnostic Difficulty with Simple Cyst

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Hydatid disease is endemic in many parts of the world. The location is mostly hepatic (75%) and pulmonary (15%), and only 10% of the cysts occur in the rest of the body. It may develop in almost any part of the body. Although hydatidosis can be present in all parts of the human body, urinary tract involvement develops in only 2–4% of all cases, and isolated renal cysts are extremely rare. There are no specific clinical symptoms or signs that will reliably confirm the diagnosis of renal echinococcosis. In addition, there is no laboratory finding that is pathognomonic for hydatid disease except for hydatiduria. Routine blood tests are generally normal except for eosinophilia which is found in only 50% of the cases. Radiological studies have a more important place in the preoperative diagnosis of renal hydatic disease. However, there is no specific sign on plain radiography or intravenous urography, and ultrasound or computed tomography cannot always show a hydatidosis as a specific lesion. From these reasons, sometimes it is difficult to differentiate between a unilocular hydatid cyst without mural calcification and a simple renal cyst. So, despite its rarity, hydatid disease should be included in the differential diagnosis of cystic lesions in solid organs or other anatomic sites, especially in endemic countries. We present herein a patient with isolated renal hydatid cyst mimicking a simple cyst treated successfully with complete excision.

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“…Echinococcal larvae may reach the kidneys through bloodstream, lymph glands, or by direct invasion [1,5] . Most affected patients are between the 3rd and 5th decades of life, and renal hydatidosis in children is rare [2,3,6] . Our patient was 20 years old, consistent with the reported peak incidence in the 3rd and 5th decades.…”

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Isolated Unilocular Renal Hydatid Cyst: A Rare Diagnostic Difficulty with Simple Cyst

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“…Renal echinococcosis comprises about 2% of all hydatid disease in man. [ 1 ] We hereby report a case of ruptured native hydatid kidney in a renal transplant receipient, which could have been encouraged by immunosuppressive therapy. To our knowledge this is the first case of ruptured native hydatid kidney in a renal transplant recipient.…”

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Renal allograft transplant recipient with ruptured hydatid native kidney

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Echinococcosis of the kidneys in a renal transplant recipient is extremely rare and its occurrence being related to immunosuppression is a possibility which needs further characterisation. Ruptured renal hydatid in a renal transplant recipient is not reported so far to our best knowledge. We present a 42-year-old renal allograft receipient who presented one year after transplant with left flank pain, palpable left lumbar mass and gross hydatiduria. Investigations revealed a ruptured native hydatid kidney. Patient was managed with a combination of chemotherapy and left native nephrectomy and discharged in a satisfactory condition.

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“…Whether conservative or radical, the first surgery performed is cyst removal, with germinate membrane removal after controlled evacuation and opening of the cyst, making subsequent steps of surgery easier [3]. The presented case is one of the isolated hydatic cyst of kidney presenting with the symptoms of dyspnea requiring thorasic tube placement and resulted with cystectomy with an uneventful and different course [4].…”

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Isolated renal hydatıc cyst; from an unusual course to diagnosis

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Isolated Echinococcal Cyst of the Kidney: Case report and review of the literature

Abstract: We report an isolated echinococcal cyst of the kidney as a rare extrahepatic manifestation of the parasitic infestation. The pathogenesis, problems of diagnosis and treatment of renal hydatid disease are reviewed and discussed.

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Isolated Unilocular Renal Hydatid Cyst: A Rare Diagnostic Difficulty with Simple Cyst

Isolated Unilocular Renal Hydatid Cyst: A Rare Diagnostic Difficulty with Simple Cyst

Renal allograft transplant recipient with ruptured hydatid native kidney

Isolated renal hydatıc cyst; from an unusual course to diagnosis

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