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Hydatid Cyst of the Kidney: 8 Cases
Author(s) -
FERREIRA A. MATOS,
RANGEL A. J. ROMMEL
Publication year - 1979
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.1979.tb02882.x
Subject(s) - nephrectomy , hydatid cyst , eosinophilia , medicine , differential diagnosis , cyst , kidney , radiological weapon , echinococcosis , radiology , surgery , pathology
Summary— The clinical features, investigations and treatment of 8 patients with renal hydatid disease are presented. It is stressed that this condition is a rare differential diagnosis of space‐occupying kidney lesions and diagnosis depends mainly upon radiological evaluation. Of the laboratory tests that suggested infestation eosinophilia was the most reliable. When partial nephrectomy was carried out or when there was the danger of rupture of the cyst during the operation, preliminary instillation of 2% formalin into the cyst was always done.