Hhydatidosis is a zoonosis caused by the ingestion of Echinococcus granulosus eggs,released though the feces, from infected dogs to humans. Primary localization is mostly hepatic and/or pulmonary,whereas muscular involvement is very rare,even more so in muscular stiated tissue. this is the report of a case of a primery intramuscular hydatidcyst in a 79-year-old woman who presented with a 3-year history of a painful lump in her proximal medial left thigh. The authors document the exceptional giant dimensions of the cyst, which have not previously been reported in a case of striated muscular hydatid disease.

Hydatidosis is a zoonosis caused by the ingestion of Echinococcus granulosus eggs, released though the feces, from infected dogs to humans. Primary localization is mostly hepatic and/or pulmonary, whereas muscular involvement is very rare, even more so in muscular striated tissue. This is the report of a case of a primary intramuscular hydatid cyst in a 79-year-old woman who presented with a 3-year history of a painful lump in her proximal medial left thigh. The authors document the exceptional giant dimensions of the cyst, which have not previously been reported in a case of striated muscular hydatid disease.

Case report of a primary multiloculate muscular cystic hydatidosis

NOTARNICOLA, ANGELA;MARGARI, Antonio Giovanni Giusepp;PESCE, Vito;MORETTI, Biagio
2009-01-01

Abstract

Hydatidosis is a zoonosis caused by the ingestion of Echinococcus granulosus eggs, released though the feces, from infected dogs to humans. Primary localization is mostly hepatic and/or pulmonary, whereas muscular involvement is very rare, even more so in muscular striated tissue. This is the report of a case of a primary intramuscular hydatid cyst in a 79-year-old woman who presented with a 3-year history of a painful lump in her proximal medial left thigh. The authors document the exceptional giant dimensions of the cyst, which have not previously been reported in a case of striated muscular hydatid disease.
2009
Hhydatidosis is a zoonosis caused by the ingestion of Echinococcus granulosus eggs,released though the feces, from infected dogs to humans. Primary localization is mostly hepatic and/or pulmonary,whereas muscular involvement is very rare,even more so in muscular stiated tissue. this is the report of a case of a primery intramuscular hydatidcyst in a 79-year-old woman who presented with a 3-year history of a painful lump in her proximal medial left thigh. The authors document the exceptional giant dimensions of the cyst, which have not previously been reported in a case of striated muscular hydatid disease.
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