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                                                                <journal-id>duzce med j</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Duzce Medical Journal</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">1307-671X</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Duzce University</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18678/dtfd.1772911</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Urology</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Üroloji</subject>
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                                                                                                                                                            <article-title>Urological Implications of Extrahepatic Hydatid Cysts: A Mini Case Series of Renal, Retroperitoneal, Adrenal Gland and Rectovesical Involvements</article-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4779-6777</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Baba</surname>
                                    <given-names>Dursun</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>DUZCE UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF SURGICAL MEDICAL SCIENCES, THE DEPARTMENT OF UROLOGY, ANDROLOGY</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3072-9252</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Şenoğlu</surname>
                                    <given-names>Yusuf</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>MARMARA UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0076-4812</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Yüksel</surname>
                                    <given-names>Alpaslan</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>ISTANBUL MEDENIYET UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF SURGICAL MEDICAL SCIENCES, THE DEPARTMENT OF UROLOGY</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9567-0661</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Kayıkçı</surname>
                                    <given-names>Muhammet Ali</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>DUZCE UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF SURGICAL MEDICAL SCIENCES, THE DEPARTMENT OF UROLOGY</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7438-0251</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Tekin</surname>
                                    <given-names>Ali</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Acıbadem University, Atakent Hospital, Department of Urology</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20260425">
                    <day>04</day>
                    <month>25</month>
                    <year>2026</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>28</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>93</fpage>
                                        <lpage>98</lpage>
                        
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                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20250828">
                        <day>08</day>
                        <month>28</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20260301">
                        <day>03</day>
                        <month>01</month>
                        <year>2026</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
                                        <permissions>
                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 1999, Duzce Medical Journal</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>1999</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Duzce Medical Journal</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                                        <abstract><p>Hydatid disease is a zoonotic infestation caused by Echinococcus granulosus, most commonly affecting the liver and lungs. Primary involvement of renal, retroperitoneal, adrenal, or rectovesical regions is extremely rare. This study presents four cases with unusual extrahepatic localizations. Patients included three males and one female, aged between 26 and 71 years. The main presenting symptoms were pain and palpable mass, while one case was incidentally detected. Imaging modalities (computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging) were essential for diagnosis; serological tests were positive in three patients and negative in one due to marked calcification. Three cases underwent open surgery, while one case was treated laparoscopically. No recurrences were observed during a mean follow-up period of seven years. In conclusion, extrahepatic hydatid cysts are rare and diagnostically challenging. Negative serological results do not exclude the disease; radiological findings combined with a multidisciplinary approach are crucial for accurate diagnosis and effective management.</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Hydatid cyst</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  retroperitoneal cysts</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  echinococcus granulosus</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  serologic tests
(negative)</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  rare diseases</kwd>
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