Rabea A Gadelkareem1, Ayman A Elqady1, Sayed K Abd-Elshafy2, Hisham Imam3, Hassan A Abolella1. 1. Assiut Urology and Nephrology Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt. 2. Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Assiut University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt. 3. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Assiut University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this work is the presentation of a case of isolated renal hydatid cyst with novel findings and an unusual surgical scenario. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION: A 54-year-old female patient presented with left loin pain and a palpable left renal mass. Imaging described a well-demarcated left renal cystic lesion with a double-layer wall. Radical nephrectomy was performed due to the possibility of malignancy. On retrograde revision, the double-layer wall represented the detached germinative membrane of a hydatid cyst that was confirmed by histopathology. CONCLUSION: Isolated renal hydatid cyst could be misinterpreted as a renal tumor. It should be considered in the differential diagnosis of renal cystic lesions.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this work is the presentation of a case of isolated renal hydatid cyst with novel findings and an unusual surgical scenario. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION: A 54-year-old female patient presented with left loin pain and a palpable left renal mass. Imaging described a well-demarcated left renal cystic lesion with a double-layer wall. Radical nephrectomy was performed due to the possibility of malignancy. On retrograde revision, the double-layer wall represented the detached germinative membrane of a hydatid cyst that was confirmed by histopathology. CONCLUSION: Isolated renal hydatid cyst could be misinterpreted as a renal tumor. It should be considered in the differential diagnosis of renal cystic lesions.