A case report of hydatid cyst in the right kidney of a 58-year-old woman

Mahsa Setayeshfar; Hossein Rahnama; Azadeh Rakhshan; Amirreza Abedi

doi:10.1016/j.eucr.2023.102646

A case report of hydatid cyst in the right kidney of a 58-year-old woman

Urol Case Rep. 2023 Dec 30:53:102646. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2023.102646. eCollection 2024 Mar.

Authors

Mahsa Setayeshfar¹, Hossein Rahnama², Azadeh Rakhshan¹, Amirreza Abedi²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, Shohada-e-Tajrish Educational Hospital, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Urology Department, Shohada-e-Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

This study focused on a rare case of an isolated renal hydatid cyst. A 58-year-old asymptomatic woman was referred to the urologic clinic after an abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a renal cystic mass. While immunologic tests were normal, the final diagnosis was a renal hydatid cyst after radical nephrectomy of the affected kidney. We believe isolated occurrence of hydatid cysts is rare.

Publication types

Case Reports