Giant Cysticercosis of the Right Kidney: A Case Report

ABSTRACT Cysticercosis, although reported in several parts of the body, especially the liver, lesions occurring in the kidney are particularly rare. We report a 58‐year‐old female patient with intermittent epigastric pain, who was found to have a huge occupancy of the right kidney on computed tomogr...

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Main Authors: Yumeng Zhang, Huaqing Tan, Xukun Gao, Yuxuan Wang, Yuntai Cao
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Published: Wiley 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.9624
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description ABSTRACT Cysticercosis, although reported in several parts of the body, especially the liver, lesions occurring in the kidney are particularly rare. We report a 58‐year‐old female patient with intermittent epigastric pain, who was found to have a huge occupancy of the right kidney on computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which was confirmed to have a predominantly cystic component, with no clear enhancement on CT images after injection of contrast medium, and significant enhancement of the peritoneum and septum visible on MRI. This case reports a case and its rarity of cysticercosis occurring in the kidney.
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spelling doaj-art-0168f6ff68704658839757fa13cea2f42025-08-20T02:35:25ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042024-12-011212n/an/a10.1002/ccr3.9624Giant Cysticercosis of the Right Kidney: A Case ReportYumeng Zhang0Huaqing Tan1Xukun Gao2Yuxuan Wang3Yuntai Cao4Department of Radiology Affiliated Hospital of Qinghai University Xining ChinaDepartment of Radiology Affiliated Hospital of Qinghai University Xining ChinaDepartment of Radiology Affiliated Hospital of Qinghai University Xining ChinaDepartment of Radiology Affiliated Hospital of Qinghai University Xining ChinaDepartment of Radiology Affiliated Hospital of Qinghai University Xining ChinaABSTRACT Cysticercosis, although reported in several parts of the body, especially the liver, lesions occurring in the kidney are particularly rare. We report a 58‐year‐old female patient with intermittent epigastric pain, who was found to have a huge occupancy of the right kidney on computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which was confirmed to have a predominantly cystic component, with no clear enhancement on CT images after injection of contrast medium, and significant enhancement of the peritoneum and septum visible on MRI. This case reports a case and its rarity of cysticercosis occurring in the kidney.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.9624cysticercosisimaging featureskidney worm diseasemagnetic resonance imaging
spellingShingle Yumeng Zhang
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Giant Cysticercosis of the Right Kidney: A Case Report
Clinical Case Reports
cysticercosis
imaging features
kidney worm disease
magnetic resonance imaging
title Giant Cysticercosis of the Right Kidney: A Case Report
title_full Giant Cysticercosis of the Right Kidney: A Case Report
title_fullStr Giant Cysticercosis of the Right Kidney: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Giant Cysticercosis of the Right Kidney: A Case Report
title_short Giant Cysticercosis of the Right Kidney: A Case Report
title_sort giant cysticercosis of the right kidney a case report
topic cysticercosis
imaging features
kidney worm disease
magnetic resonance imaging
url https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.9624
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