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Primary Renal Hydatid Cyst: Mis-Interpretation as a Renal Malignancy

  • Choi, Hoon (Department of Urology, Korea University Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Jae Young (Department of Urology, Korea University Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Jae-Heon (Department of Urology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine) ;
  • Moon, Du Geon (Department of Urology, Korea University Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Jeong-Gu (Department of Urology, Korea University Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine) ;
  • Bae, Jae Hyun (Department of Urology, Korea University Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine)
  • Received : 2014.01.18
  • Accepted : 2014.04.07
  • Published : 2014.06.30
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Abstract

Primary renal echinococcosis, a rare disease involving the kidney, accounts for 2-3% of human echinococcosis. A 64-year-old female patient from Uzbekistan presented with complaints of left flank pain. A CT scan revealed a cystic mass in the upper to midpole of the left kidney. We regarded this lesion as a renal malignancy and hand-assisted laparoscopic radical nephrectomy was performed to remove the renal mass. The mass consisted of a large unilocular cyst and multiple smaller cysts without any grossly visible renal tissue. The final pathologic diagnosis was a renal hydatid cyst. For patients from endemic areas, hydatid cyst should be included in the differential diagnosis. Here, we present a case of renal hydatid cyst in a female patient who relocated from Uzbekistan to Korea.

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