DIAGNOSIS AND PATHOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE DIOCTOPHYMA RENALE

The aim of the paper is to present an exceptionally rare man's helminth causedby the Dioctophyma renale (DR). This sort is primarily a dog's parasite while in somespecial cases it can be a parasite in man's organism with the most frequent location in the kidney pelvis. The patient appears to have been eaten insufficiently roasted fish.The disease has manifested itself in various symptoms (high body temperature, painsin the back, hematuria and dysuria). The diagnosis was made by histological andparasilological examination.