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Laparoscopic transdiaphragmatic approach to a thoracic paravertebral hydatid cyst presenting with compression myelopathy.
BMJ Case Rep
October 2021
Department of General and Minimally Invasive Surgery, BIG Apollo Spectra Hospitals, Patna, India.
An elderly gentleman presented with heaviness over the right side of the chest, lower back pain and difficulty in walking for the last 6 months. He also reported of progressive weakness of the left leg associated with tingling and numbness for 2 months. Imaging studies revealed a large hydatid cyst in the right thoracic cavity compressing the spinal cord.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSpinal Hydatid as a Rare Cause of Posterior Mediastinal Lesion: Understanding Cervicothoracic Sign on Chest Radiography.
Pol J Radiol
December 2015
Department of Radiology, Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India.
Background: Location of an intrathoracic lesion on chest radiograph is facilitated by application of 'silhouette sign'. This helps narrow down the differential diagnoses. The list of probable diagnoses reduces further on determination of the density of the lesion.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHydatid cyst of paravertebral muscle mimicking disc herniation.
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
August 2013
Department of Radiology, Adiyaman University, Adiyaman, Turkey.
Study Design: Case report.
Objective: To present a case of primary hydatid cyst in the lumbar subcutaneous tissue affecting posterior paravertebral muscle and mimicking disc herniation.
Summary Of Background Data: Cystic hydatid disease is a rare but significant parasitic disease in endemic areas.
Recurrent Echinococcal Infection of the Lumbar Spine: An 11 Year Follow-up.
Asian Spine J
March 2013
Spinal Disorder Surgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
Spinal hydatid cyst is a rare occurrence in non endemic countries. We present a case of recurrent lumbar hydatid disease in a 21-year-old male who following initial treatment had a good functional outcome and healing for 8 years, following which he came back with complaints of low back ache and neurological deficit. Patient underwent a second surgery with global debridement of L3-L5 vertebrae followed by medical management for two years.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLiver hydatid with HIV infection: an association?
J Gastrointest Surg
June 2012
GB Pant Hospital and MAM College, Delhi University, New Delhi, India.
Various opportunistic infections have been reported in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Although there are a few reports of echinococcal infection of the lung, spine, and brain, a hydatid cyst of the liver has never been described. In our experience of treating over 150 cases of hydatid cysts of the liver, we identified three patients with large, multifocal hydatid cysts who also had an HIV infection.
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