Endless story of a spinal column hydatid cyst disease: A case report.
case_report · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 29747967.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.aott.2018.03.004 and PMC identifier 6204455.
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Abstract
We describe a case of multifocal relapsing hydatid cyst following multilevel thoracic corpectomy and 360° instrumentation surgery. A 41-year-old male patient presented with cord compression and paraplegia due to a multiseptated cystic lesion at T10-11 level. The cyst was excised with a combined anterior and posterior approach and 360° stabilization was performed. The patient received albendazole for 1 year after the surgery. The patient presented with paraparesis 5 years after the surgery. Cystic lesions between C2-T1 and T10-11 were detected on the spinal MRI and the patient was operated with removal of the lesions on both levels and adjuvant local 20% hypertonic saline application. The patient received albendazole for the postoperative 6 months. After 3 months from the surgery, the patient's paraparesis recovered. There was no recurrence after 2 years from the last surgery.
Medical subject headings
- Albendazole
- Decompression, Surgical
- Echinococcosis
- Nerve Compression Syndromes
- Orthopedic Procedures
- Paraplegia
- Spinal Cord Compression
- Spinal Diseases
- Thoracic Vertebrae
Anatomy
- thoracic spine