title: [Case report: primary localization of a hydatid cyst in the adductor brevis muscle].
abstract: We present a rare case of primary muscular hydatidosis in the left thigh of a 20 year-old man, who presented with painless mass. Ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging examinations revealed a multilocular intramuscular cyst in the posteromedial compartment of the left thigh mainly occupying the adductor brevis muscle. This site of localization has not been reported previously. The patient was treated successfully by preoperative and postoperative dual treatment of albendazole together with surgery. Hydatid disease should be included in the differential diagnosis of muscular masses, regardless of its location, especially in endemic areas.
authors: GATA Haydarpaşa Eğitim Hastanesi, Enfeksiyon Hastaliklari ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Servisi, Istanbul, Türkiye, Turkey. draliacar@yahoo.com
authors: Ali
authors: A
authors: Acar
authors: Osman
authors: O
authors: Rodop
authors: Ercan
authors: E
authors: Yenilmez
authors: Orhan
authors: O
authors: Baylan
authors: Oral
authors: O
authors: Oncül
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004285:Dogs; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D012424:Rural Population; D012756:Sheep; D013848:Thigh; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult