Open AccessRenal Hydatid Cyst in a 50-year-old woman: A Case Report
Author(s) -
خدیجه ابدال,
محمدرضا حافظی احمدی
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
majallah-i dānishgāh-i 'ulūm-i pizishkī-i shahīd ṣadūqī yazd/majallah-i dānishgāh-i 'ulūm-i pizishkī va khadamāt-i bihdāshtī-darmānī shahīd ṣadūqī yazd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2228-5741
pISSN - 2228-5733
DOI - 10.18502/ssu.v27i7.1937
Subject(s) - medicine , hydatid cyst , cyst , kidney , lung , echinococcosis , pathology , spleen , helminthiasis
Introduction: Hydatidosis (hydatid cyst) is one of the most common infectious diseases between humans and animals that it is created by parasite (tapeworm) the echinococcusgranulosus larvae, which randomly infects an individual to one or more cysts. The hydatid cyst can affect all organs. The most common sites of involvement is liver and lung and rarely other organs, such as the kidneys, the brain, the heart, the bone and the spleen, can also be involved.
Due to the rare occurrence of renal hydatid cyst in this article, we report a 50 year old patient with renal hydatid cyst