Skeletal Muscle Echinococcosis: A Rare Manifestation of Echinococcal Disease.

Ghatasheh, Mohammed; Etaiwi, Mohammed

doi:10.5144/0256-4947.2002.245

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“…The muscles, heart, spleen, breast, and pancreas are very rarely affected. Muscle hydatidosis have mostly associated with hepatic cysts [18]. Few case reports have been reported in the pectoralis major muscle [19], adductor muscles of the thigh [20], rectus and spinal muscles [21], and gluteal and neck muscles [18].…”

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“…Muscle hydatidosis have mostly associated with hepatic cysts [18]. Few case reports have been reported in the pectoralis major muscle [19], adductor muscles of the thigh [20], rectus and spinal muscles [21], and gluteal and neck muscles [18]. Our patient presented with a primary hydatid cyst in para-vertebral space in the sub-occipital area at the level of cervical vertebrae C1 and C2 (without any evidence of hydatid cysts in other body parts) which to our knowledge has not been reported in medical literature till date (Fig.…”

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Primary para-vertebral hydatid cyst in the sub-occipital area of the neck: an unusual case of echinococcosis

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Background: Hydatid disease is a parasitic infectious disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus. The parasite can form cysts in any part of the body with the liver and lung being the most commonly involved organs. It can rarely occur in other organs like the muscle, bone, pericardium, myocardium, spleen, spine, and neck. Para-vertebral hydatid cyst is very rare and can present with a variable clinical presentation. Surgical excision is the treatment modality of choice and accepted to be curative with a very low recurrence. Case presentation: We here present a case of primary hydatid cyst in the para-vertebral space in sub-occipital area of the neck who presented with complaints of pain and swelling in the right posterior-lateral side of the neck. X-ray cervical spine revealed suspicious lesion in the sub-occipital area. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was suggestive of multiloculated cystic lesion. There were no such cysts found in peritoneal viscera or any other organ. Patient was planned for surgery and the cyst was excised. Histopathological examination confirmed the hydatid disease. Post-operatively, the patient was put on albendazole and patient's symptoms disappeared after surgery. Conclusion: Cysts in any part of the body should be evaluated for hydatid disease especially in the endemic areas. Radiological imaging and serology are important for diagnosis, and surgical excision is the best modality of treatment.

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confidence: 99%