title: Hydatid disease in Zimbabwe: a case report.
abstract: A case of multilocular hydatid cyst involving the hamstring compartment of the thigh is presented. The nature of the lesion was realised intraoperatively and histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of muscle hydatid disease. Although rarely recorded in the rural population of Zimbabwe, cystic hydatid disease should be in the list of differential diagnosis of any slowly growing, cystic occupying mass.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Bordon
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tadzimirwa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sawyer
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013848:Thigh; D015030:Zimbabwe / Q000453:epidemiology