Primary hydatid disease of the thigh. A rare location.
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.
Jerbi Omezzine
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Service d'imagerie médicale, CHU Tahar Sfar, 5100 Mahdia, Tunisie. saidajerbi@topnet.tn
Abid
F
F
Mnif
H
H
Hafsa
C
C
Thabet
I
I
Abderrazek
A
A
Sassi
N
N
Hamza
H A
HA
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*