Bone echinococcosis. Apropos of a case of hydatid cyst of the spine
Psomopoulos, N.; Vlachakis, T.; Balaroutsos, C.; Voulgaris, J.; Delikaris, P.; Vlachakis, M.
Journal de Chirurgie 111(2): 207-210
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-7697 PMID: 932120 Document Number: 106998
The authors report a case of hydatid cyst of the vertebral column (L2-L3) simulating an acute abdominal syndrome with pain in the right iliac fossa. On exploration of the abdominal cavity, they detected the presence of a fluctuating retroperitoneal collection of fluid due to the migration of a hydatid abscess into the sheath of the right psoas muscle. Three surgical operations of curetage followed by wide drainage were carried out with simple operative sequelae.