title: Primary hydatid disease of the thigh. A rare location.
abstract: Primary muscle hydatidosis is very rare, accounting for less than 1% of hydatid cyst locations. Clinical symptoms are insidious and non-specific causing a frequent delay in diagnosis. Intramuscular hydatid disease can cause a variety of diagnostic problems, especially in the absence of typical radiologic findings. We report the observation of an 82-year-old man consulting for inguinal tumefaction with radiological exploration suggestive of hydatid cyst of the adductors muscles. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is helpful in diagnosis, since it reveals a very suggestive aspect and demonstrates the relationship between cysts and adjacent structures. Treatment of muscle echinococcosis is based on surgery, which is curative and incurs a low risk of local relapse.
authors.affiliation: Service d'imagerie médicale, CHU Tahar Sfar, 5100 Mahdia, Tunisie. saidajerbi@topnet.tn
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jerbi Omezzine
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Abid
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mnif
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hafsa
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Thabet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abderrazek
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sassi
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Hamza
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery*; D013848:Thigh / Q000469:parasitology*