Musculoskeletal involvement in cystic echinococcosis: report of eight cases and review of the literature.
OBJECTIVE
Our purpose was to describe the morphologic appearance of musculoskeletal lesions in patients with cystic echinococcosis shown by CT and MR imaging.


CONCLUSIONS
Patients with musculoskeletal lesions of cystic echinococcosis typically have cystic structures in adjacent soft tissues. These cysts morphologically resemble abscesses, with peripheral uptake of contrast medium and variable signal intensities on T1-weighted MR images. The absence of calcifications or endovesicular daughter cysts does not exclude the diagnosis of cystic echinococcosis.
Merkle
E M
EM
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Ulm. Germany.
Schulte
M
M
Vogel
J
J
Tomczak
R
R
Rieber
A
A
Kern
P
P
Goerich
J
J
Brambs
H J
HJ
Sokiranski
R
R
D000328:Adult; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D002648:Child; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D018461:Soft Tissue Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed