Giant kidney worm (Dioctophyma renale) infection mimicking retroperitoneal neoplasm

• Published in: The American journal of surgical pathology Vol. 10; no. 7; p. 508
• Main Authors: Sun, T, Turnbull, A, Lieberman, P H, Sternberg, S S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.1986
• Subjects: Cysts - parasitology; Diagnosis, Differential; Enoplida Infections - pathology; Humans; Kidney Diseases - parasitology; Kidney Diseases - pathology; Male; Middle Aged; Retroperitoneal Neoplasms - diagnosis

A 50-year-old Chinese man was found by ultrasound and computed tomography to have a retroperitoneal mass in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen. At operation, a hemorrhagic cyst was detected at the upper pole of the right kidney adjacent to the adrenal gland. Microscopic examination revealed tha...