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Incurable and refractory spinal cystic echinococcosis: A case report.
World J Clin Cases
November 2021
Department of Spine Surgery, the 940 Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of Chinese PLA, Lanzhou 730050, Gansu Province, China.
Background: Although the incidence and cure rate of spinal hydatidosis are low, the recurrence rate of spinal hydatidosis is high, and the prognosis of spinal hydatidosis is poor. Therefore, we report a typical case of refractory spinal hydatidosis to increase spine surgeons' awareness of the disease and reduce misdiagnosis and recurrence.
Case Summary: A 48-year-old man presented with back pain, significant weight loss, and paralysis of both lower limbs.
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 PDFSaccular mycotic aneurysm of descending thoracic aorta secondary to vertebral hydatid disease: A rare case.
Vascular
February 2022
Department of Neurosurgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Background/objective: Hydatid disease of the aorta is very rare. Hydatid disease can result in saccular aneurysm of the thoracic and abdominal aorta.
Case Report: We report a rare case of saccular aneurysm of the distal descending thoracic aorta.
Vertebral alveolar echinococcosis-a case report, systematic analysis, and review of the literature.
Lancet Infect Dis
March 2018
Department of Internal Medicine, Sonnenhofspital, Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address:
Alveolar echinococcosis caused by Echinococcus multilocularis is an infrequent zoonosis with a high degree of disability, morbidity, and mortality, especially in disease clusters of the northern hemisphere. The diagnosis is complicated by extended incubation time, diverse clinical manifestations, and mimicking of differential diagnoses. The primary organ affected is the liver, but extrahepatic disease is possible, with vertebral involvement in only a few dozen cases described worldwide.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrimary Sacral Hydatid Cyst Causing Cutaneous Fistula.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak
May 2017
Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus multilocularis are the causes of hydatid disease and the main characteristic is endemic. Generally, it affects the liver and lungs. Spinal hydatidosis accounts for less than 1% of the cases.
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