Renal Hydatid Cyst in a 50-year-old woman: A Case Report

Abstract

Introduction: Hydatidosis (hydatid cyst) is one of the most common infectious diseases between humans and animals that it is created by parasite (tapeworm) the echinococcusgranulosus larvae, which randomly infects an individual to one or more cysts. The hydatid cyst can affect all organs. The most common sites of involvement is liver and lung and rarely other organs, such as the kidneys, the brain, the heart, the bone and the spleen, can also be involved. Due to the rare occurrence of renal hydatid cyst in this article, we report a 50 year old patient with renal hydatid cyst.

Keywords

• hydatid cyst
• kidney
• echinococcus.