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SUBMITTER: El Ibrahimi A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3143965 | biostudies-other | 2009 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
El Ibrahimi Abdelhalim A Ankouz Amal A Daoudi Abdelkrim A Elmrini Abdelmayid A
Orthopedic reviews 20090601 1
Echinococcosis is a parasitic disease produced by the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus. Hydatid disease of bone is rarely seen in humans and it has been reported in only 1-2% of cases of echinococcosis. We present a patient who developed hydatid disease of the left pelvic and femoral bones with cartilage destruction of the ipsilateral hip joint revealing a retroperitoneal location of hydatid cyst. Hydatid bone must be present in the differential diagnosis of chronic monoarthritis. Skeleta ...[more]