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A case report of renal hydatid cyst
Farhad Ahmadi1, Hormoz Karami2
1Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd Research and Clinical Centre for Infertility, Islamic Republic of Iran.
Abstract:
Hydatidosis (hydatic cyst) is one of the most important common infectious diseases between humans and animals, which is transmitted through parasite eggs (worms). A band (of the Echinococcus family) is caused by Echinococcus granulosus larvae, which randomly infects a person with one or more cysts. Hydatid cyst affects all organs. The most common sites of involvement include the liver, lung, and rarely in the kidney, brain. It can also cause heart, bone and spleen. Considering the rarity of hydatid cyst in the kidney, this article introduced a 14-year-old patient with hydatid cyst of the kidney.
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