title: [Vertebral hydatidosis: medical imaging and management. A case report].
abstract: Vertebral hydatidosis (VH) is uncommon. It is the most frequent skeletal manifestation of echinococcosis. It is also the most serious one. We report a case of VH revealed by a kyphoscoliosis with dorsal pain and point out the contibution of new medical imagings in the diagnosis of VH and in the patient follow-up. We stress on the difficulties of the care management of this disease and its poor prognosis because of the risk of neurological damages and frequent recurrences.
authors.affiliation: Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Tunis, Tunisie. chiraz71@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Abdelmoula Cheikhrouhou
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Amira
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chaabouni
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ben Hadj Yahia
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Montacer Kchir
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zouari
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D013131:Spine; D014416:Tunisia