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Case Reports
. 2023 Jul 10;11(7):e7691.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.7691. eCollection 2023 Jul.

Incidentally diagnosed multiple intradural extramedullary spinal hydatidosis in a young adult: A case report and review of the literature

Seyyed Mostafa Ahmadi  1 , Keyvan Tayebi Meibodi  1 , Neda Raeesi  2 , Mohammad Ali Bitaraf  1 , Arad Iranmehr  3
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Incidentally diagnosed multiple intradural extramedullary spinal hydatidosis in a young adult: A case report and review of the literature

Seyyed Mostafa Ahmadi et al. Clin Case Rep. .

Abstract

Key clinical message: Although quite rare, vertebral hydatidosis should always be considered as a differential diagnosis for spinal presentations, particularly in endemic areas for echinococcosis.

Abstract: In this paper, we report a rare case of asymptomatic multiple intradural, extramedullary spinal hydatidosis, incidentally diagnosed in a patient with signs and symptoms of a true protruded disc. Although quite rare, vertebral hydatidosis should always be considered as a differential diagnosis for spinal presentations, particularly in endemic areas for echinococcosis.

Keywords: Echinococcus granulosus; hydatid cyst; spinal hydatidosis.

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FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Pre‐operation imaging. (A) Sagittal T2‐weighted MRI shows extruded disc at the level of T12‐L1 (white arrow). (B) Sagittal T2‐weighted MRI shows three well‐demarcated cystic lesions with different diameters at the level of T12 vertebral body. Two other lesions with the same characteristics were present at the level of L4/L5 vertebral bodies (white arrows).
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
The pearl‐like intradural extramedullary cystic lesions were carefully dissected and removed.
FIGURE 3
FIGURE 3
Sagittal T2‐weighted MRI 4 months after surgery shows no evidence of remnant or recurrence.
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