Vertebral Hydatid Disease: White Cancer

Hydatid Disease of Vertebral Column

A 30 years old male presented to us with history of back pain and weakness of both lower limbs for the last four months and was diagnosed by local orthopedic surgeon as a case of carries spine. He also used anti tuberculous drugs for two months but there was no improvement in his symptoms. We planned for transpedicular spinal biopsy. Biopsy report came to be non specific chronic inflammation. W...

Hydatid Cyst Growing from Vertebral Column

Sepoy No. 1584, 2nd (Q. O.) Rajput L. I., reported sick on October 20th, 1908. He had a swelling on the nape of his neck, which he said he had noticed for the first time about three weeks previously; it was then much smaller. When seen by me, it was about the size of an orange, in the middle line of the back of the neck, symmetrica), tense, not painful, very slightly tender. The skin was freel}...

Hydatid Disease

Hydatid Disease

The ingestion of the ovum of 'the dog tapeworm results in the development in man of the larval stages of the parasite. The presence of this parasite in one or more of the organs of the body is responsible for a variety of signs and symptoms making up the clinical picture of echinococcosis or hydatid disease. Normally the dog tapeworm has for its intermediate host an herbivorous mammal, commonly...

Hydatid Disease