title: [Vertebral and spinal cord hydatidosis: contribution of imaging].
abstract: The authors report the case of a vertebromedullary hydatidosis revealed by medullar compression in a 40-year-old male patient. Magnetic resonance imaging showed lesions of the seventh and eighth dorsal vertebras, cystic lesions in the epidural space and in the perivertebral soft tissues. Surgical excision lead to clinical cure. Vertebromedullary hydatidosis is rare and severe. Modern techniques of imaging are very helpful for the diagnosis and the follow-up of patients after treatment.
authors.affiliation: Service d'imagerie médicale, CHU Mongi-Slim, Sidi-Daoud, 2046 La Marsa, Tunis, Tunisie. leilabenfarhat@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Charrada-Ben-Farhat
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Saïd
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bouslama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oueslati
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dridi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rezgui-Marhoul
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hamzaoui
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben Dridi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hendaoui
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003475:Curettage; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004824:Epidural Space / Q000469:parasitology; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen