Abstract
Osteo-muscular hydatidosis is rare, the spine being involved in about 50% of the cases. Preoperative diagnosis is difficult and surgical treatment is also problematic because of the invasion of the bone. In this report we present the case of a 36-year-old-farmer who complained about low back pain and bilateral sciatica. The CT scan and MRI showed a large paraspinal cystic mass extending from T10 to L2 with local spreading to the spinal canal and the 10th ribo The postoperative pathological evaluation confirmed the diagnosis of a echinococcal cyst. The patient was reoperated on sorne months later, with excision of another hidatid cyst of intrapulmonary location.
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