title: Unusual site of recurrent musculoskeletal hydatid cyst: case report and brief review of the literature.
abstract: A case of a large multiplex recurrent hydatid cyst involving the left gluteal muscle and the left iliopsoas, accompanied with degeneration of the musculature of the left upper leg is presented along with a review of the relevant literature. Very few such cases have been reported worldwide. The presented case is also distinguished by the involvement of muscles of distant anatomic areas.
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Propeudeutic Surgery, Hippocrateion Hospital, Athens Medical School, 8 Ar. Oikonomou Street, Patissia, Athens 14045, Greece. pdrimousis@hippocratio.gr
authors.forename: Panagiotis G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Drimousis
authors.forename: Konstantinos M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Stamou
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koutras
authors.forename: Dimitrios Konstantinos
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Tsekouras
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zografos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001284:Atrophy; D002081:Buttocks / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology*; D016658:Psoas Muscles / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D012008:Recurrence; D013621:Taenia / Q000472:pathogenicity