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A Five-Year-Old Child with Renal Hydatidosis

2013; American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; Volume: 89; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4269/ajtmh.13-0243

1476-1645

Guillermo Moscatelli, Samanta Moroni, Héctor Freilij, Fabián Salgueiro, Facundo García‐Bournissen, Jaime Altcheh,

Parasitic infections in humans and animals

Hydatidosis is a zoonosis of worldwide distribution caused by the parasite Echinococcus granul osus. Clinical manifestations include cyst formation, most commonly in the liver (67–89%) and lungs (10–15%). Renal localizations are rare. We report a case of renal hydatidosis in a five-year-old child treated in a tertiary pediatric hospital in Argentina. After the diagnosis was made, elective surgery was performed, which led to a rapid recovery.