Norouzi Roghayeh, Manochehri Arman, Hanifi Mustafa
Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.
MSc of Veterinary Parasitology, Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tabriz ,Tabriz, Iran.
Urol J. 2017 Mar 16;14(2):3043-3045.
A 75-year-old man from Kurdistan province, western part of Iran was diagnosed with a mass in the right kidney by ultrasound and computed tomography. In operation, a parasitic helminth, 30 cm long and 1.2 cm in diameter consistent with D. renale was found in the right kidney. Microscopic examination revealed that the male Dioctophyma renale. Following removal of worm, the symptoms completely resolved within a few hours. Generally, parasitism by D. renale in human is a necropsy finding, nevertheless imaging techniques as ultrasound and computed tomography have been proven to be important tool to achieve diagnosis.
一名来自伊朗西部库尔德斯坦省的75岁男性通过超声和计算机断层扫描被诊断出右肾有肿物。手术中，在右肾发现了一条长30厘米、直径1.2厘米的寄生蠕虫，与肾膨结线虫相符。显微镜检查显示为雄性肾膨结线虫。蠕虫取出后，症状在数小时内完全缓解。一般来说，人类感染肾膨结线虫多为尸检发现，不过超声和计算机断层扫描等成像技术已被证明是实现诊断的重要工具。
