Infestation of the human kidney with Dioctophyma renale

Urol Int. 2003;70(1):70-3. doi: 10.1159/000067695.

Abstract

Human infestation with Dioctophyma renale is presented. Clinical signs and diagnostic findings are unspecific. They are discussed and a conservative therapeutic approach is suggested.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Anthelmintics / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Dioctophymatoidea / isolation & purification*
  • Enoplida Infections / diagnosis*
  • Enoplida Infections / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Ivermectin / therapeutic use
  • Kidney Diseases / drug therapy
  • Kidney Diseases / parasitology*
  • Kidney Diseases / physiopathology
  • Laparotomy
  • Male
  • Prognosis
  • Rare Diseases
  • Risk Assessment
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Urography / methods
  • Yugoslavia

Substances

  • Anthelmintics
  • Ivermectin