Sacrococcygeal hydatid cyst: another entity in the differential diagnosis of sacrococcygeal chordoma. Case report.
A case of hydatid disease of the sacrum with severe neurological symptoms, which was misdiagnosed preoperatively as a chordoma, is presented. The patient had significant improvement of the neurological symptoms after evacuation of the cyst. Sacral hydatid cysts must be considered in the differential diagnosis of sacrococcygeal chordoma.
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Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ozer
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Aktan
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Yalin
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D002817:Chordoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology