Type CE2 disease in a 28-year-old Uighur female patient.

Abstract

<p>The patients has been found with an asymptomatic cystic mass in her left kidney by ultrasonography incidentally and diagnosed as renal hydatid cyst by further CT scanning one year before her admission to the hospital. She had a history of exposure to sheep and goats. And no family history of hydatid disease was identified. Physical examination observed a palpable mass in the left lumber region. Ultrasound revealed a univesicular cyst of 104×78×83 mm on the upper pole of the left kidney; CT confirmed the presence of hydatid cysts in the kidney.</p