Primary spinal intradural extramedullary hydatid cyst in a child.
OBJECTIVE
Spinal hydatid cyst is a serious form of hydatid disease affecting less than 1% of the total cases of hydatid disease. We present a case of pathologically confirmed primary intradural spinal cyst hydatid in an otherwise healthy patient who showed no other evidence of systemic hydatid cyst disease.


METHODS
An 8-year-old boy presented with back pain, left leg pain, and difficulty in walking. The patient had no other signs of systemic hydatid cyst disease. An intradural extramedullary cystic lesion was identified with magnetic resonance imaging and was shown to be a hydatid cyst by histopathologic examination after the surgical removal.


CONCLUSIONS
Although extremely rare, primary intradural extramedullary hydatid cyst pathology might be the cause of leg pain and gait disturbance in children living in endemic areas.
Selcuk University, Faculty of Meram Medicine, Akyokus/Meram, Konya 42080, Turkey. erdalkalkan62@yahoo.com
Erdal
E
Kalkan
Sahika L
SL
Cengiz
Onur
O
Ciçek
Fatih
F
Erdi
Alper
A
Baysefer
D000818:Animals; D020809:Central Nervous System Helminthiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D048209:Echinococcus granulosus; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000628:therapy; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae