title: Case report: laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for isolated renal hydatid disease.
abstract: A 73-year-old male patient with an isolated calcified hydatid cyst in the lower pole of the right kidney presented with a history of weight loss and cloudy, foul-smelling urine. Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy was performed, at which the cyst was removed en bloc. Six months postoperatively, a CT scan revealed no recurrence of hydatidosis. To our knowledge, this is the first report of laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for the treatment of isolated renal echinococcosis.
authors.affiliation: Urology-Nephrology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. abbasbasiri@hotmail.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Basiri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nadjafi-Semnani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nooralizadeh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed