title: Features of computed tomography in hydatid cysts of the urinary tract.
abstract: The features of computed tomography (CT) in 5 patients with hydatid disease of the urinary tract are described. The diagnosis of hydatid disease was based on the demonstration of unilocular or multilocular cysts with well defined walls which enhanced with contrast, which were often calcified and which contained daughter cysts within the large parent cyst. It is difficult to differentiate between a unilocular hydatid cyst without mural calcification and an infected simple renal cyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Athens, Areteion Hospital, Greece.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karabekios
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gouliamos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kalovidouris
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vlahos
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Papavasiliou
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sakkas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*