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Multicystic nephroma masquerading as hydatid cyst: a diagnostic challenge

Authors: Abdelmoneim E. M. Kheir, Aziza M. Elnaeema, Sara M. A. Gafer, Sawsan A. Mohammed, Mustafa E. Bahar

Published in: BMC Urology | Issue 1/2017

Abstract

Background

Multicystic nephroma is an uncommon, non-familial renal neoplasm that is usually benign. About 200 cases of this lesion have been described in the literature.

Case presentation

We report on a Sudanese child who presented at the age of two and a half years with an abdominal mass, clinical and radiological features favored the diagnosis of hydatid cyst which is endemic in this African tropical country, and the diagnosis of multicystic nephroma was only possible after histopathological examination.

Conclusion

Multicystic nephroma is a rare benign tumour with an excellent prognosis. Clinical and radiological differentiation of multicystic nephroma from hydatid cyst is difficult. Thus, histopathological examination of the surgical specimens seems to be the only feasible method of making the correct diagnosis.

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Title: Multicystic nephroma masquerading as hydatid cyst: a diagnostic challenge
Authors: Abdelmoneim E. M. Kheir
Aziza M. Elnaeema
Sara M. A. Gafer
Sawsan A. Mohammed
Mustafa E. Bahar
Publication date: 01-12-2017
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: BMC Urology / Issue 1/2017
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2490
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12894-017-0208-4

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