title: [Echinococcus of the kidney].
abstract: Echinococcus of the kidney is a rare form of hydatid disease, and accounts for 2 to 3 per cent of all echinococcoses. Over a ten-year period (1987-1996), eight patients with age ranging from 30 to 61 years are diagnosed and treated. Five of them (62.5 per cent) are discovered in the last two years. In seven instances (87.5 per cent) the diagnosis is made preoperatively on the ground of laboratory examinations; serological tests--intradermal test of Casoni and complement fixation after Ghedini-Weinberg, echographic and roentgenological methods. In two patients (33.3 per cent) scoleces and Echinococcus fragments are discovered in the urine. The serological tests are positive in five cases (62.5 per cent). All patients undergo operation, with nephrectomy performed in five (62.5 per cent), and capsula adiposa renis--in three (37.5 per cent). So far, no relapse of the disease is recorded.
authors.forename: Ch
authors.initials: Ch
authors.lastname: Slavov
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Panchev
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Simeonov
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Venkov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography