[Vertebral hydatidosis [Report of 22 cases]]

Hydatidosis affects the bone in 0.5 to 2% of cases, with 44% of these cases involving the spine. To describe the radiological characteristics of spinal hydrated. This retrospective study about 22 patients [14 men and 8 women] aged between 10 and 63 years old. The mean age was 29 years, they were explored by conventional explorations in 22 cases, myelography in 12 cases, computed tomography in 15 cases and magnetic resonance imaging in 3 cases. Imagning showed multicystic bony lesions. Thoracic involvement was present in 13 cases, lumbar involvement in 5 cases, cervical in 2 cases and sacral involvement in 2 cases. The process involved 2 adjacent vertebrae in 4 cases, 3 adjacent vertebrae in 5 cases, 4 adjacent vertebrae in 2 cases and the entite sacrum in 2 cases. Vertebral collapse was noted in 3 cases. The extension into the spinal canal was noted in 5 cases. Other sites of involvement were also noted, especially in liver and spleen. The presence of multicystic vertebral lesions with involvement adjacent soft tissues should raise the possibility of spinal hydatidosis in endemic countries

unusual case of hydatid cyst

Hydatidosis is a parasitic disease in all over the world which is caused by a Cestode [tape worm]. Liver, lung, and brain are the most Common involved organs and involvement of muscles and bones is unusual. We report a 32 years old man who had low back and radicular leg pain. He had a paravertebral mass with involvement of Spinal column. This patient was operated with differential diagnosis of tumor or hydatid cyst. The final diagnosis was hydatidosis of paravertebral muscles and vertebral column

Lagoquilascaríase com invasäo de coluna cervical / Lagoquilascariase with cervical column invasion

Introdução: Doença rara causada por um nematódio parasita de tecidos - Lagochilascaris minor - que possui tropismo por músculos ou partes moles da região cervical, onde provoca lesões tumorais que podem se fistulizar ou ulcerar, com saída de material seropurulento e vermes. O mecanismo de infecção ainda não esta esclarecido, mas a hipótese mais aceita atualmente é a de Smith - infecção por ingestão de larvas encistadas nos músculos e outros tecidos de animais silvestres. As larvas de terceiro estádio que se libertam dos cistos em nível de estômago do hospedeiro definitivo, por um tropismo qualquer ainda não esclarecido, migram esôfago acima, rumo às áreas comumente afetadas do pescoço e circunvizinhanças. Objetivo: Com a descrição do caso, tornar conhecida essa helmintíase de maior prevalência na Região Norte e difícil controle clínico que causa constrangimento do paciente para o convívio social, levando ao abandono do tratamento ao primeiro sinal de melhora (desaparecimento da tumoração com freqüente recidiva). Relato do caso: M.C.S., 19 anos, sexo feminino, procedente de Entre Rios, sul do Estado de Roraima - Amazônia - Brasil, parda, com costume de ingerir carne de caça, principalmente para. Internada dia 04/11/97 com quadro de tumoração cervicomastóidea esquerda, com fístula cutânea e drenagem de material serocaseoso e eliminação de vermes filiformes, bem estado geral, lúcida e orientada, normocorada, dor cervical, eliminação (principalmente flexão lateral), sem déficit neurológico. Ausência de febre e perda ponderal; ausculta pulmonar e cardíaca e exame de abdome dentro da normalidade. A tomografia computadorizada de base de crânio e coluna cervical mostrou massa cervical à esquerda, multinodulada, com áreas internas de densidade de líquido e erosão do osso eccipital e primeira vértebra cervical

Vertebral unilocular hydatidosis in a shepherd and his wife

This paper reported vertebral unilocular hydatid cysts in a shepherd and his wife in Sharqia Governorate. Diagnosis was based on parasitological examination of the surgically removed cysts. Albendazole was given as postoperative treatment. Six months after treatment, MRI showed no recurrence and mild clinical improvement