Case report describes urinary bladder hydatid cyst in a 65-year-old male, highlighting rare complications like hydroureteropnephrosis.
Hydatid disease or cystic echinococcosis is a parasitic zoonosis, caused by larval stages of Echinococcusgranulosus. Hydatid cysts usually affect liver followed by lungs and less commonly spleen, kidney, heart and other otherorgans. Hydatid cysts of urinary bladder is very rare with only few case reports published till now. In a systematic review of literature by Hasan et al., only 7 cases were found of urinary bladder hydatid cyst [1]. We are reporting a case of 65-year-old male, diagnosed to have urinary bladder hydatid cyst by radiological imaging and urine investigations.
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