Primary spinal extradural hydatid cyst causing paraplegia

Primary spinal extradural hydatid cyst causing paraplegia

Spinal hydatid disease is an uncommon cause of spinal cord compression and it constitutes 1% of all cases of hydatid disease. The authors present a case of a 21-year-old female presenting with rapid onset paraplegia caused by pathologically confirmed by extradural spinal hydatid cyst. Patient had ma...

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Veröffentlicht in:Indian journal of pathology & microbiology 2009-07, Vol.52 (3), p.432-433
Hauptverfasser: Jaiswal, Sushila, Jaiswal, Awadhesh Kumar, Jain, Manoj, Behari, Sanjay, Pandey, Rakesh
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Sprache:eng
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Care and treatment
Case studies
Causes of
Diagnosis
Drug therapy
Echinococcosis
Echinococcosis - complications
Echinococcosis - diagnosis
Echinococcosis - pathology
Echinococcosis - surgery
Echinococcus granulosus
extradural
Female
Health aspects
Histocytochemistry
Humans
hydatid disease
infectious
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Paraplegia
Paraplegia - etiology
Patient outcomes
Radiography
Risk factors
spinal
Spinal Cord - diagnostic imaging
Spinal Cord Compression - complications
Spinal Cord Compression - diagnosis
Spinal Cord Compression - surgery
Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:Spinal hydatid disease is an uncommon cause of spinal cord compression and it constitutes 1% of all cases of hydatid disease. The authors present a case of a 21-year-old female presenting with rapid onset paraplegia caused by pathologically confirmed by extradural spinal hydatid cyst. Patient had marked improvement following surgical intervention. The case is discussed and the relevant literature is briefly reviewed.
ISSN:0377-4929
0974-5130
DOI:10.4103/0377-4929.55018