title: Primary muscular hydatidosis. US, CT and MR findings.
abstract: We present a rare case of primary muscular hydatidosis in the left thigh of a 40-year-old female patient. US, CT and MR imaging showed a typical multilocular hydatid cyst deep in the vastus intermedius and vastus medialis muscles. Histopathological examination, which followed surgical excision, established the diagnosis of echinococcus cyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alexiadis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lambropoulou
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Deftereos
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Manavis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D013848:Thigh; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed