The most important parasitic diseases involving the
genitourinary system in humans are helminthic, where schistosomiasis is the
commonest followed by hydatid disease (HD) and filariasis. HD is a parasitic
infestation, caused by tape worms of the genus Echinococcus, that usually
involves the liver and lungs, although no organ is spared.
The varied presentations and complications of HD present
routine surgical problems in endemic areas, although HD of the urinary tract is
uncommon, comprising 2–4% of all cases. This article reviews the epidemiology,
etiopathogenesis, clinical features and presentations, medical and surgical treatment of genitourinary
and pelvic echinococcosis with special reference to individual organs.
In addition our own experience at our hospital in the last 4
years that we treated 4 cases of hydatid cysts of which 3 were renal HD and one
was primary pelvic HD.
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