Korean J Urol.  2007 May;48(5):555-557. 10.4111/kju.2007.48.5.555.

Laparoscopic Treatment of Isolated Renal Hydatid Cyst

• Jeon SH
• Kim TH
• Lee HL

• KMID: 2061264
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4111/kju.2007.48.5.555

Abstract

An isolated unilocular renal hydatid cyst is very rare and to the best of our knowledge, no such case has been reported in the Korean literature. A 56 year old woman, who liked eating raw vegetables fertilized by dog feces, visited our department because of an incidentally found renal cyst. Ultrasonography and the computed tomography (CT) scan showed a typical daughter cyst within the 6cm sized mother cyst. We performed retroperitoneal laparoscopic cyst marsupilaization after aspiration of the cystic contents and injection of a scolecidal agent. No dissemination and no recurrence have occurred to date.

Keyword

Echinococcosis; Kidney; Laparoscopy

MeSH Terms

Animals
Dogs
Eating
Echinococcosis*
Feces
Female
Humans
Kidney
Laparoscopy
Middle Aged
Mothers
Nuclear Family
Recurrence
Ultrasonography
Vegetables

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Ultrasonography shows a 6cm sized round, hypoechoic cystic lesion with a 1.5cm sized daughter cyst in the lower pole of the right kidney (A). CT scan shows the low-attenuated cystic mass with a daughter cyst and slight enhancement of the cystic wall is noted (B, C).

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  Fig. 2 A cyst that contains brown colored fluid was aspirated and a scolecidal agent was injected into cyst (A). After excision of the cystic wall, a 1.5cm sized daughter cyst was noted (B).

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