Turkish Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Varol ŞEHİRALTI, Ahmet Nadir TOSYALI, Hüseyin Murat MUTUŞ, Çiğdem ULUKAYA DURAKBAŞA, Mehmet Ali ÖZEN, Hamit OKUR

S. B. İstanbul Göztepe Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Çocuk Cerrahisi Kliniği, İstanbul

Keywords: Kidney, hydatic cycst

Abstract

Isolated renal hydatic cysts without lung or liver infestation are very rare. They may present with various clinical findings ranging from asymptomatic clinical course to total renal function loss. Three cases have been presented and discussed for diagnostic and therapeutic points of views.