hydatid disease of bone

Hydatid Disease of Bone

Isolated Hydatid Disease of the Iliac Bone.

Hydatid disease of the bone usually is asymptomatic and is found as an accidental finding during unrelated imaging. However, they can become symptomatic due to enlargement and pressure effect or being infected by bacteria. Hydatid disease usually involves multiple organs (such as liver, lungs and brain). In our case, hydatid disease had involved bone and the patient presented only with a chroni...

Hydatid disease of bone: a dangerous crippling disease.

To cite: Raj DH, Dash PK. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2015-211697 DESCRIPTION A 40-year-old man presented with severe pelvic and right hip joint pain for the past 5 years, which was insidious in onset and progressive, resulting in the patient being wheelchair-bound. He also had a history of liver surgery, which was performed 20 years prior, an...

Unusual Presentation of Iliac Bone Hydatid Cyst

A 21-year-old woman presented with a painless growing mass in her right flank since 5 months before. With the probable diagnosis of a cold abscess, the patient was operated, but the wound was not cured. The patient was re-examined and a biopsy from the lesion was taken which revealed hydatid cyst. After nearly complete excision of the infected area and adjuvant chemotherapy with albendazole for...

Hydatid cyst of bone.

Hydatid disease is an extremely uncommon differential diagnosis in the cystic/lytic lesions of bone. We present a rare case of echinococcal infection of femur which presented as pathological fracture in a middle-aged female and diagnosis was confirmed by histopathology. Hydatid disease of bone is often asymptomatic, and its diagnosis is usually made when lesions have become extensive.

The management of hydatid disease of bone and joint.

The treatment of hydatid disease of the skeleton is always a problem to orthopaedic surgeons because the condition is rare and seldom diagnosed clinically. The incidence in relation to all forms of hydatid disease in other organs of the body is remarkably low. In South America it is 2 per cent (Ivanissevich 1934), in Kuwait 4 per cent (El Gazzar and McCreadie 1962) and in Australia less than 1 ...