A man with disabling low back pain: Echinococcus of the sacrum.
Bone involvement in hydatid disease is rare, and when it does occur, the most common sites of involvement are the spine and pelvis. A case of bone hydatid disease involving the sacrum is reported here.
Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Bita
B
Abbasi
Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Reza
R
Akhavan
Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Farrokh
F
Seilanian Toosi
Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. Electronic address: dr.abbasib@gmail.com.
Sirous
S
Nekooei
D000818:Animals; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D004446:Echinococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012447:Sacrum / Q000469:parasitology*
Echinococcus; hydatid; pelvic bone