Unusual clinical presentation of spinal echinococcal cyst imitating a malignant tumour.
Spinal echinococcal cyst is very uncommon and may have variable clinical presentations. We describe an exceptional case of intradural and extramedullary spinal echinococcal cyst, misguided as a spinal tumour on radiological examination and was diagnosed as echinococcal cyst on fine needle aspiration biopsy smears and subsequently on histopathological examination.
Department of Cytology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector 12, Chandigarh - 160012, India.
Rashi
R
Garg
Department of Cytology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector 12, Chandigarh - 160012, India.
Shreya
S
Shrivastav
Department of Cytology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector 12, Chandigarh - 160012, India.
Pranab
P
Dey
D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D003560:Cysts / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology