[The hydatid cyst of kidney in children. Report of 12 cases (author's transl)].

The authors report 12 cases of hydatid cyst of the kidney in children. Age distribution is between 3 and 13 years: 7 girls and 5 boys. The diagnosis is easier when there is an evident hydatid context with other visceral localizations. The complications are rare. Surgical treatment will be conservative on utmost and consists very often in partial pericystectomy with upphostering of the residual cavity. Partial nephrectomy and total pericystectomy are useless and dangerous.