[Hydatid cyst of the scalp].
BACKGROUND
Hydatid disease is a broad-based anthropozoonosis common to humans and several mammal species. The disease results from the development of Echinococcus granulosis in the body.


METHODS
We report a new case involving a 58-year old woman hospitalized for a subcutaneous mass in the scalp with no local inflammatory signs. Radiological examination was consistent with a subcutaneous cyst. Complete surgical resection of the mass was performed. Histopathological examination demonstrated hydatid cyst.


CONCLUSIONS
Subcutaneous localization of hydatid cyst is uncommon even in endemic zone. Diagnosis is suggested by ultrasonography and confirmed by histology.
FMPM/UCAM, service d'anatomie pathologique, CHU Mohammed VI, Marrakech, Maroc.
H
H
Rais
F
F
Jghaimi
L
L
Bassi
T
T
Ziad
N
N
Cherif Idrissi El Ganouni
B
B
Belaabidia
D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D048209:Echinococcus granulosus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012536:Scalp Dermatoses / Q000469:parasitology*