Spinal cord compression due to the vertebral hydatid cyst
Gelabert-González, M.
Revista de Neurologia 30(7): 654-655
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0210-0010 PMID: 10859746 Document Number: 515676
Osteomuscular hydatidosis is an uncommon disease in which the spine is involved in 50% of the cases. Preoperative diagnosis is difficult in our setting because of its low incidence and the absence of specific radiological criteria. We present the case of a 72 year-old woman who consulted for slowly progressive paraparesia and was diagnosed, using CT and MR, as having a vertebral lesion of T3. The patient was operated on and many vesicular lesions of hydatidosis were removed surgically. We review the different forms of presentation of spinal hydatid cysts and the possible therapeutic options.