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- Hydatid disease, caused by the parasite Echinococcus granulosus, is rare when it affects the kidneys and usually has no specific symptoms.
- Symptoms may include flank pain, hematuria, and fever, but these are not exclusive to renal hydatidosis.
- The text presents two unique cases where isolated renal hydatidosis appeared as a renal mass in imaging studies, highlighting its uncommon presentation.
Article Abstract
Hydatid disease is a parasitic infestation by larval form of Echinococcus granulosus. Isolated renal involvement is extremely rare. There are no specific signs and symptoms of renal hydatidosis. However it may present as palpable mass, flank pain, hematuria, malaise, fever, and hydatiduria or as a complication of it such as infection, abscess, hemorrhage, necrosis and pelviureteric junction obstruction, renal failure etc. Except hydatiduria, none are pathognomonic for renal hydatidosis. There is no literature on renal hydatidosis presenting as renal mass we report 2 cases of isolated renal hydatidosis, which mimicked a renal mass on imaging study.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4672653 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2015.04.002 | DOI Listing |
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