title: Don't miss it, it might be a hydatid cyst in the gluteus.
abstract: Hydatid cyst is one of the five most diagnosed zoonotic diseases in the Mediterranean region. However, intramuscular localisation is very rare. It is reported that muscular involvement constitutes 1-5.4% of all Echinococcus infections. Here we would like to report an unusual case of hydatid cyst in the gluteus muscle, which had been treated with both surgical and medical treatment.
authors.affiliation: M.D, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey imran.solak@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Imran
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hasanoglu
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedics, Yildirim Beyazit University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mahmut Nedim
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Aytekin
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Ankara Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yetkin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Agackiran
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedics, Yildirim Beyazit University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mahmut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ugurlu
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Yildirim Beyazit University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Rahmet
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guner
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Orthopedics, Yildirim Beyazit University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nihat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tosun
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002081:Buttocks / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004446:Echinococcus; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000469:parasitology*
keywords: Echinococcus; gluteus; hydatid cyst