Giant Cysticercosis of the Right Kidney: A Case Report
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.
Authors
- Yuxuan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2932-6042)
- Huaqing Tan
- Xukun Gao
- Yuntai Cao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1747-4232)
- Yumeng Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7099-8896)
Institutions
- Qinghai University Affiliated Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Case Reports
- Published
- 2024-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.9624
- Primary Topic
- Parasitic infections in humans and animals
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China