PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Benzagmout, Mohammed
AU  - Kamaoui, Imane
AU  - Chakour, Khalid
AU  - Chaoui, Mohamed E.
TI  - Primary spinal epidural hydatid cyst with intrathoracic extension
DP  - 2009 Jan 01
TA  - Neurosciences Journal
PG  - 81--83
VI  - 14
IP  - 1
4099  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/14/1/81.short
4100  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/14/1/81.full
SO  - Neurosciences (Riyadh)2009 Jan 01; 14
AB  - Spinal epidural localization of hydatid cyst is quite rare. We report a case of a 33-year-old patient who experienced paraparesis over 2 years, with an umbilical sensitive level. A CT scan and MRI showed an intrathoracic multilobar lesion, probably of intra-spinal origin. An anterolateral transpleural surgical approach confirmed the hydatic character of the observed lesion and enabled total spinal cord decompression. No osseous involvement was noted. We report a case of spinal epidural hydatid cyst successfully managed by an anterior approach, and we discuss epidemiological, diagnosis, and therapeutical features of this rare localization of hydatid cyst.