title: Primary hydatidosis of the gracilis muscle in a girl.
abstract: Primary muscle hydatidosis is very rare. Rupture and spreading of the cyst contents by improper handling may later cause secondary cyst or allergic reactions. Preoperative recognition of a hydatid cyst is therefore critical. It often presents as a soft-tissue mass, however, and pre-operative recognition of this rare entity is clearly difficult. Here, a case of primary hydatidosis affecting the gracilis muscle is presented, and the magnetic resonance imaging, clinical and pathological findings are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Atatürk University, Faculty of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey. keskind@atauni.edu.tr
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Keskin
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ezirmik
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Karsan
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gürsan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D013848:Thigh