[Alcohol treatment of hydatid cyst in a case of old hydatidosis with hepatic skip].

Hydatidosis is related to parasitical etiology, linked to Echinococcus granulosis and Echinococcus multilocularis. The authors describe an uncommon clinical case of old hydatidosis in an 80-year old woman, presenting hepatic skip , with localization to the right lung and kidney and burrowing to the posterior abdominal wall. Because of the patient's lack of compliance, percutaneous treatment with alcohol of the lumbar lesion with 95% ethanol is carried out under echographic guide, to improve quoad valetudinem prognosis.