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[Renal hydatidosis: importance of preoperative diagnosis]
J G Pereira Arias1, V Escobal Tamayo, A Jorge Catalina
1Servicio de Urología, Hospital de Galdacano, Vizcaya, España.
Archivos Espanoles De Urologia
|October 1, 1995
Abstract
Objective:
We report on a patient who underwent a right nephrectomy for a mass suggesting hypernephroma, which was shown to be renal hydatid disease on pathological examination.
Methods/Results:
The epidemiological, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects described in the literature are briefly reviewed.
Conclusions:
Although uncommon, renal cystic lesions should be suspected in the presence of a renal mass and a differential diagnosis should be made. CT is the most useful diagnostic imaging technique. The importance of preoperative diagnosis for the surgical strategy is underscored.