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African Journal of Urology. 2008; 14 (1): 37-42
in French
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ABSTRACT
To evaluate the clinical, radiological and surgical features of retrovesical hydatid cysts and to discuss their etiology, and pathogenesis. Between 1988 and 2001, 8 patients with retrovesical hydatid cyst were hospitalized. and operated at the Urology Department of the Military university hospital Mohamed V Rabat, Morocco. The mean age of the patients was 44 years. Bladder irritation was the most frequent presenting symptom. Hydaturia was found in one case only. Cysto-pericystectomy was performed in all patients. The post-operative course was uneventful and only one patient developed urinary fistula which was repaired successfully Retrovesical hydatid cysts are rare and treatment is mainly surgical