title: Hydatid disease of the kidney caused by Echinococcus multilocularis: a rare clinical entity.
abstract: Hydatid disease of the urinary tract is extremely rare and constitutes approximately 4% of all cases of hydatid disease. The Echinococcus multilocularis is a relatively rare form of echinococcus as the cause of renal hydatid disease. We describe a patient who had renal hydatidosis which is rarely caused by the E. multilocularis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. koksal@med.akdeniz.edu.tr
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Türker Köksal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tefekli
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kiliçaslan
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Erdemir
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kadioğlu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Esen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D004446:Echinococcus / Q000145:classification; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed