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Case Reports
. 2009 Sep;93(2):79-83.
doi: 10.1007/s12306-009-0031-5. Epub 2009 May 26.

Case report of a primary multiloculate muscular cystic hydatidosis

Angela Notarnicola  1 , Lorenzo Moretti, Antonio Panella, Antonio G G Margari, Antonietta Cimino, Vito Pesce, Biagio Moretti
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Case report of a primary multiloculate muscular cystic hydatidosis

Angela Notarnicola et al. Chir Organi Mov. 2009 Sep.

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.

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