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Hydatid Cysts of the Kidney: Simulating Similar Kidney Lesions
Author(s) -
SHAWKET TALAL N.,
ALWAIDH MACKI
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1974.tb10174.x
Subject(s) - hydatid cyst , kidney , differential diagnosis , medicine , pathology , echinococcosis , lesion , disease , cyst
Summary Five cases of atypical hydatid cyst of the kidney are present. Four cases simulated kidney tumours and 1 an infectious lesion, but were misdiagnosed on account of the absence of the typical signs and finding of hydatid disease. With the increase in world travel hydatid disease should be included in the differential diagnosis of all other kidney masses, especially when they are atypical.