Renal Echinococcosis mistaken for a cystic renal tumor: A case report

Renal Echinococcosis mistaken for a cystic renal tumor: A case report

Renal Echinococcosis is a rare medical entity (2–4%). The preoperative clinical, biological and radiological diagnosis is quite challenging. We report herein the case of a 63 year-old female patient, operated for a suspicious renal cystic mass that resulted full of grape-like cysts intraoperatively....

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Main Authors: Richard Ghandour, Georges Nassar, Mohamed Jose Hejase
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Urology Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221444201930350X
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spelling doaj-f5b925437f0d4f808db93b2add33acb42020-11-25T02:33:21ZengElsevierUrology Case Reports2214-44202020-01-0128Renal Echinococcosis mistaken for a cystic renal tumor: A case reportRichard Ghandour0Georges Nassar1Mohamed Jose Hejase2General Surgery Resident, Sainte Thérèse Hospital, Hadat, PO Box 169, Lebanon; Corresponding author.Head of the Department of Urology, Sainte Thérèse Hospital, Hadat, LebanonDepartment of Urology, Sainte Thérèse Hospital, Hadat, LebanonRenal Echinococcosis is a rare medical entity (2–4%). The preoperative clinical, biological and radiological diagnosis is quite challenging. We report herein the case of a 63 year-old female patient, operated for a suspicious renal cystic mass that resulted full of grape-like cysts intraoperatively.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221444201930350X
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title Renal Echinococcosis mistaken for a cystic renal tumor: A case report
title_short Renal Echinococcosis mistaken for a cystic renal tumor: A case report
title_full Renal Echinococcosis mistaken for a cystic renal tumor: A case report
title_fullStr Renal Echinococcosis mistaken for a cystic renal tumor: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Renal Echinococcosis mistaken for a cystic renal tumor: A case report
title_sort renal echinococcosis mistaken for a cystic renal tumor: a case report
publisher Elsevier
series Urology Case Reports
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publishDate 2020-01-01
description Renal Echinococcosis is a rare medical entity (2–4%). The preoperative clinical, biological and radiological diagnosis is quite challenging. We report herein the case of a 63 year-old female patient, operated for a suspicious renal cystic mass that resulted full of grape-like cysts intraoperatively.
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