title: Unilocular hydatid cyst of the kidney in a child: a diagnostic challenge.
abstract: A case of an unilocular renal hydatid cyst in a 10-year-old French girl without any notion of travelling in a foreign country is reported. In children affected by renal echinococcosis, clinical symptoms and physical examination are nonspecific. Among the diagnostic procedures, the role of echography in the assessment of the diagnosis is pointed out.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Le Mans, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mboyo
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Flurin
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fenni
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Bah
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dohin
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Weil
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography