Case report: laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for isolated renal hydatid disease
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A Basiri1, M Nadjafi-Semnani, A Nooralizadeh
1Urology-Nephrology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. abbasbasiri@hotmail.com
Abstract:
A 73-year-old male patient with an isolated calcified hydatid cyst in the lower pole of the right kidney presented with a history of weight loss and cloudy, foul-smelling urine. Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy was performed, at which the cyst was removed en bloc. Six months postoperatively, a CT scan revealed no recurrence of hydatidosis. To our knowledge, this is the first report of laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for the treatment of isolated renal echinococcosis.
