ABSTRACT
Spinal epidural localization of hydatid cyst is quite rare. We report a case of a 33-year-old patient who experienced paraparesis over 2 years, with an umbilical sensitive level. A CT scan and MRI showed an intrathoracic multilobar lesion, probably of intra-spinal origin. An anterolateral transpleural surgical approach confirmed the hydatic character of the observed lesion and enabled total spinal cord decompression. No osseous involvement was noted. We report a case of spinal epidural hydatid cyst successfully managed by an anterior approach, and we discuss epidemiological, diagnosis, and therapeutical features of this rare localization of hydatid cyst
Subject(s)
Humans , Female , Epidural Space/parasitology , Epidural Space/pathology , Thoracotomy , Echinococcosis, Pulmonary , Echinococcus granulosus , Echinococcosis/surgeryABSTRACT
We report a rare case of spinal cord compression caused by primary multiple extradural hydatid cysts.
Subject(s)
Adult , Echinococcosis/pathology , Epidural Space/parasitology , Female , Humans , Lumbar Vertebrae/parasitology , Magnetic Resonance ImagingABSTRACT
Presentamos un caso de Paragonimiasis de localización epidural dorsal, en una paciente de 43 años de edad, natural y procedente de la sierra central del Perú, que presentó un síndrome compresivo medular dorsal con nivel D-9 y a quien por medio de una laminectomía se le resecó un tejido tumoral epidural. La histopatología correspondió a una reacción granulomatosa crónica, ocasionada por huevos de Paragonimus sp.; la paciente recuperó la totalidad de la función motora y sensitiva. Revisamos la literatura a propósito de esta rara localización de Paragonimus sp