Primary hydatid disease of the quadriceps muscle: a rare localization.
BACKGROUND
Hydatidosis is a protozoal infestation which generally involves the liver and the lungs. Primary skeletal muscle hydatidosis without involving the thoracic and abdominal organs is extremely rare.


METHODS
A 48-year-old farmer presented with a mass in the quadriceps muscle that had persisted for 10 years. Clinical and radiological investigations revealed a primary hydatid cyst of the vastus medialis of the quadriceps muscle. We did not find any visceral organ involvement. Wide excision was performed without destroying the cyst wall. Then 400 mg albendazole was given daily for 3 months postoperatively.


RESULTS
At the 7th postoperative month, the patient was symptom-free, and the laboratory test results were in the normal ranges.


CONCLUSIONS
Primary muscular hydatidosis is a rare disease and should be kept in mind in the diagnostic work-up of a cystic mass of a skeletal muscle.
Baskent University School of Medicine, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Adana Medical Center, Adana, Turkey. gurkanozkoc@hotmail.com
Gürkan
G
Ozkoç
Sercan
S
Akpinar
Murat Ali
MA
Hersekli
Metin
M
Ozalay
Reha
R
Tandoğan
D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*
D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D015766:Albendazole