title: Hydatid cyst of bone.
abstract: Hydatid disease is an extremely uncommon differential diagnosis in the cystic/lytic lesions of bone. We present a rare case of echinococcal infection of femur which presented as pathological fracture in a middle-aged female and diagnosis was confirmed by histopathology. Hydatid disease of bone is often asymptomatic, and its diagnosis is usually made when lesions have become extensive.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Government Medical College, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Babitha
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Priya
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Poothiode
mesh_terms: D001850:Bone Diseases, Infectious / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged