Urology Case Reports (Jan 2020)

A case of an isolated hydatid cyst in the right kidney

  • Ahmed Samet,
  • Mohamed Amine Mseddi,
  • Majed Hamza,
  • Maroua Walha,
  • Ibtissem Bahri,
  • Mourad Hadjslimane

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28

Abstract

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Isolated renal hydatid cyst is rare. Preoperative diagnosis may be difficult because clinical, biochemical and radiologic findings can not eliminate the diagnosis of renal cancer in its cystic form. Open surgery is traditionally the gold standard.