A new percutaneous approach for the treatment of hydatid cyst of the kidney: long-term follow-up

Int Urol Nephrol. 2005;37(3):461-4. doi: 10.1007/s11255-004-0022-2.

Abstract

Renal hydatid disease is an uncommon benign parasitic infestation compared to liver hydatid disease. Although the treatment of hydatid cysts depends on surgery which is related with high morbidity and an overall local recurrence rates, the following case reports describing two patients with renal hydatid cysts were successfully treated with this new percutaneous method.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Aged
  • Drainage
  • Echinococcosis / therapy*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Kidney Diseases / therapy*
  • Polidocanol
  • Polyethylene Glycols / therapeutic use*
  • Sclerosing Solutions / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Sclerosing Solutions
  • Polidocanol
  • Polyethylene Glycols