title: Primary hydatid cyst of the root of the thigh: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Hydatid disease of bone is a rare event, and it is characterized by a high diagnostic and therapeutic complexity. We report a case of primary hydatidosis of the proximal thigh involving both the soft tissues and the proximal femur in a 59-year-old man. It has been possible to establish the diagnosis only 8 years after the appearance of the first symptoms (painful swelling over the root of the left thigh), when the patient came to our institution after several investigations.
authors.affiliation: 1st Division of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via G.C. Pupilli 1, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Garagnani
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sudanese
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rimondi
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bacchini
mesh_terms: D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D010014:Osteolysis / Q000209:etiology / Q000469:parasitology; D013848:Thigh; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016312:Treatment Refusal
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics; D015766:Albendazole
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