A rare case of a 39year old male with a parasite called Dioctophyma renale mimicking renal cancer at the computed tomography of the right kidney. A case report

We present a very rare case of a 39year old patient with Dioctophyma renale depicted as a Bosniak cyst IV of the right kidney who was finally subjected to a robotic assisted radical nephrectomy. [Display omitted] •Infectious diseases can mimic malignancy.•Dioctophyma renale infects the kidneys of do...

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Published inParasitology international Vol. 62; no. 5; pp. 459 - 460
Main Authors Katafigiotis, Ioannis, Fragkiadis, Evangelos, Pournaras, Christos, Nonni, Afrodite, Stravodimos, Konstantinos G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.10.2013
Subjects
Bosniak cyst IV
case studies
computed tomography
Dioctophyma renale
kidney neoplasms
kidneys
Nematodes
parasites
parasitology
patients
Renal cancer
Renal cysts
Renal parasite
Nematodes
Bosniak cyst IV
Renal cancer
Dioctophyma renale
Renal parasite
Renal cysts
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Summary:We present a very rare case of a 39year old patient with Dioctophyma renale depicted as a Bosniak cyst IV of the right kidney who was finally subjected to a robotic assisted radical nephrectomy. [Display omitted] •Infectious diseases can mimic malignancy.•Dioctophyma renale infects the kidneys of domestic and wild fish-eating carnivores.•A 39 year old patient with Dioctophyma renale of the right kidney is presented.•As a result of its parasite life cycle the worm shows preference to the right kidney.•Only two cases of Diochtophyma renale causing unspecific kidney mass exist.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2013.06.007
ISSN:1383-5769
1873-0329
DOI:10.1016/j.parint.2013.06.007