Iconographies of rare causes of medullary compression due to primary vertebro-medullary and epidural hydatidosis: Contribution of imaging
Vertebro-medullary and epidural hydatidosis are a very rare entity, representing 2% of all locations, and is even rarer when it involves a solitary location. It is often asymptomatic. The diagnosis is usually made during complications, particularly medullary compression or extension to the costal ca...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2025-10-01
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| Series: | Radiology Case Reports |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043325006016 |
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| Summary: | Vertebro-medullary and epidural hydatidosis are a very rare entity, representing 2% of all locations, and is even rarer when it involves a solitary location. It is often asymptomatic. The diagnosis is usually made during complications, particularly medullary compression or extension to the costal cage, which represents a therapeutic emergency. Surgical treatment must be radical to prevent recurrences. We report 2 cases: the first case was a 61-year-old female involved costo-vertebral hydatidosis, and the second was an 18-year-old man with primary sacral epidural location. The objective of our report is to add these 2 atypical locations of hydatid cysts to the existing literature and to present their radiological images to aid radiologists in diagnosis. |
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| ISSN: | 1930-0433 |