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Case Reports
. 2002 Nov;69(11):997-8.
doi: 10.1007/BF02726025.

Primary hydatid cyst of neck muscles

Kedar Nath  1 , Girish Prabhakar, R C Nagar
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Case Reports

Primary hydatid cyst of neck muscles

Kedar Nath et al. Indian J Pediatr. 2002 Nov.

Abstract

Primary hydatid disease of muscle is very rare. This was encountered in the muscles of posterior triangle of the neck in a 12-year-old boy. Hydatid Cyst of neck was excised and was followed by albendazole for six weeks. Rarity of this disease in muscles warrants the need for this case report.

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