Surgical and medical management of rare echinococcosis of the extremities: pre- and post-operative long-term chemotherapy.
Skeletal hydatid disease is a rare parasitic infection caused by the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus. We present the case of a 30-y-old patient with an echinococcosis of the right leg, who was treated with a preoperative albendazole chemotherapy (4 weeks), followed by radical surgical resection and postoperative albendazole treatment (1 y).
Infanger
Manfred
M
Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, Charité-University Medicine-Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Germany. Manfred.Infanger@Charite.de
Kossmehl
Peter
P
Grimm
Daniela
D
D000328:Adult; D015766:Albendazole / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D000923:Anticestodal Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery*; D048209:Echinococcus granulosus; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008297:Male
D000923:Anticestodal Agents; D015766:Albendazole