Renal hydatid disease: diagnosis and treatment.

Four children with renal echinococcal cyst and associated liver involvement were treated in our clinic in the last 10 years. The diagnoses were suspected by ultrasonography and computed tomography and confirmed by the operative investigation that followed. One nephrectomy, one heminephrectomy and two cystectomies were performed.

Partial situs inversus: duodenal obstruction in a neonate with isolated levocardia.

An unusual case of duodenal obstruction in an infant with isolated levocardia is described. The following anatomic features were shown preoperatively: (1) duodenal obstruction; (2) right-sided stomach and spleen; (3) left-sided liver; (4) totally right-sided located colon in mirror image nonrotation; and (5) levocardia without any defect or dysfunction. The mentioned findings were verified intraoperatively and the cause of the duodenal obstruction was found to be an aberrant vessel.