title: Retrovesical echinococcal cyst causing acute urinary retention.
abstract: A case report of a fifty-six-year-old man with acute urinary retention due to a retrovesical echinococcal cyst is presented. He had a history of surgery for hepatic hydatidosis; diagnosis was made preoperatively with the help of conventional x-ray studies, pelvic sonography, and CT scanning. Treatment consisted of removal of the cyst.
mesh_terms: D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010388:Pelvis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000209:etiology*