Email this article Renal echinococcosis mistaken for a cystic tumor of the kidney
- Authors: Ghandour R.1, Nassar G.1, Hejase M.1
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Affiliations:
- Sainte Thérèse Hospital
- Issue: Vol 9, No 4 (2019)
- Pages: 77-80
- Section: Сlinical observations
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/uroved/article/view/19235
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/uroved9477-80
- ID: 19235
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Renal echinococcosis is a relatively rare disease. Making a preoperative clinical, biological and radiological diagnosis is quite challenging and hard. A clinical case of a 63-year-old patient operated on for renal echinococcosis is presented. The formation had the form of multiple grape-like cysts were mistaken for a cystic tumor of the kidney before surgery.
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Richard Ghandour
Sainte Thérèse Hospital
Author for correspondence.
Email: Richard.ghandour@hotmail.com
M.D., General Surgery Resident
Lebanon, HadatGeorges Nassar
Sainte Thérèse Hospital
Email: nassargeorgen@gmail.com
M.D., PhD., Head of Department of Urology
Lebanon, HadatMohamad Jose Hejase
Sainte Thérèse Hospital
Email: Mohamadhejase@gmail.com
M.D., Urologist
Lebanon, HadatReferences
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