title: Giant renal hydatid cyst resembling a simple cyst: an intraoperative diagnosis.
abstract: An interesting case of a giant renal hydatid cyst is presented. The big cystic mass detected at ultrasonography (US) and computerized tomography (CT) in a ten-year-old girl looked like a simple cyst. No germinative membrane or any other radiological sign of a hydatid cyst was present. The operation was planned for a simple cyst; but was altered, after an intraoperative diagnostic needle sampling brought out the characteristic fluid of hydatid cyst. We came to the conclusion that hydatid cystic masses may not always present with their characteristic radiological findings; and that extreme caution should be practiced by the radiologist and the surgeon in order to prevent iatrogenic echinococcal dissemination.
authors.affiliation: Numune Teaching Hospital, P.O. Box 1341, Gar/Adana, Turkey. bozkurtgulek@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Bozkurt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gulek
authors.forename: Pelin
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Oguzkurt
authors.forename: Unal
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Zorludemir
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed