title: Hydatid disease of bone: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: A rare case of hydatid disease involving the iliac bone is reported. The non-specific presenting history, the intraoperative diagnosis, the multiple recurrences and the relentless local spread of the disease are characteristically demonstrated in this patient over a 14-year follow-up period. An unusual form of radical surgery, resection of the ilium, did not succeed in eradicating the disease.
mesh_terms: D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged