Primary renal hydatidosis with associated macroscopic hydatiduria--a computed tomography urography diagnosis with pathological confirmation

Primary renal hydatid disease which involves any other organ is extremely rare. Cystic rupture into the pelvicalyceal system, causing hydatiduria, is pathognomonic of renal hydatidosis, although it is usually microscopic and is seen in only 10-20% of renal hydatidosis cases. Gross hydaturia is uncom...

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Published inTropical doctor Vol. 41; no. 3; p. 187
Main Authors Parashari, Umesh C, Upadhyay, Deepika, Khanduri, Sachin, Qayyum, Fareena Akbar, Bhadury, Samarjit
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.07.2011
Subjects
Animals
Echinococcosis - diagnosis
Echinococcosis - diagnostic imaging
Echinococcosis - parasitology
Echinococcosis - pathology
Echinococcus
Humans
Kidney - diagnostic imaging
Kidney - pathology
Kidney Diseases - diagnosis
Kidney Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Kidney Diseases - parasitology
Kidney Diseases - pathology
Male
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Urography
Young Adult
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Summary:Primary renal hydatid disease which involves any other organ is extremely rare. Cystic rupture into the pelvicalyceal system, causing hydatiduria, is pathognomonic of renal hydatidosis, although it is usually microscopic and is seen in only 10-20% of renal hydatidosis cases. Gross hydaturia is uncommon but is present in the case discussed below. We report an exceptionally rare case of primary renal hydatidosis associated with the rupture of the cyst into the pelvicalyceal system diagnosed primarily on the basis of computed tomography urography. The diagnosis was confirmed on a pathological and surgical basis.
ISSN:1758-1133
DOI:10.1258/td.2011.110095