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.
Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
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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