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Renal actinomycosis presenting as a suppurated solitary cyst

Author(s) -

Charalampos Mamoulakis,

Ioannis Efthimiou,

Konstantina Petraki,

Ioannis Zorzos

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

indian journal of urology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333

H-Index - 30

eISSN - 1998-3824

pISSN - 0970-1591

DOI - 10.4103/0970-1591.42631

Subject(s) - medicine , actinomycosis , nephrectomy , cyst , renal parenchyma , actinomyces , kidney , radiology , pathology , genetics , biology , bacteria

We report the case of a middle-aged female with a solitary renal cyst suppurated by Actinomyces israeli. The patient was treated successfully by emergency nephrectomy. Based on a detailed negative history of inciting events and predisposing factors for actinomycosis, negative imaging modalities for extra-renal organ implication and no involvement of the surrounding renal parenchyma, the case is considered as primary renal actinomycosis affecting a solitary cyst of the kidney. This is the first such case reported in the international literature.

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