PRIMARY PELVIC HYDATID CYST PRESENTING WITH OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY AND RENAL-FAILURE

Citation
V. Seenu et al., PRIMARY PELVIC HYDATID CYST PRESENTING WITH OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY AND RENAL-FAILURE, Postgraduate medical journal, 70(830), 1994, pp. 930-932
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
ISSN journal
00325473
Volume
70
Issue
830
Year of publication
1994
Pages
930 - 932
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5473(1994)70:830<930:PPHCPW>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Primary pelvic hydatid cyst is a rare entity, Pelvic hydatid cysts usu ally present with pressure symptoms involving adjacent organs (bladder and rectum usually). A case of primary pelvic hydatid cyst presenting with obstructive uropathy leading to chronic renal failure is present ed. A combination of preoperative albendazole therapy of 1.2 g/day for 8-12 weeks and surgical excision were effective in alleviating the sy mptoms and improving the renal function.