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Summary
Renal echinococcosis is a rare disease. It is usually asymptomatic but may present with pain, lump or in rare cases hydatiduria. Diagnosis is mainly by imaging but serology is usually false negative. We present a patient of renal echinococcosis who presented with passing of grape skin like structures in urine and was diagnosed to be a case of renal echinococcosis on the basis of positive serology, ultrasonographic and CT findings. The patient underwent a nephroureterectomy and was given albendazole preoperatively and postoperatively.
- general surgery
- gastrointestinal surgery
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Contributors AG and JG collected the data. AG wrote the manuscript. JG, BD and AG2 reviewed the literature and the manuscript.
Competing interests None declared.
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