Alveolar hydatid disease of the spine causing paraplegia

Hakan H Kadioglu; Umit A Malcok; Goksin Senguli; Ismail H Aydin

Alveolar hydatid disease of the spine causing paraplegia

Neurosciences (Riyadh). 2005 Apr;10(2):180-2.

Authors

Hakan H Kadioglu¹, Umit A Malcok, Goksin Senguli, Ismail H Aydin

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Research Hospital, Ataturk University Medical School, Erzurum 25070, Turkey. Tel. +90 4423152393. Fax. +90 4423166340. E-mail: hakanhadi@superonline.com.

PMID: 22473236

Abstract

Hydatid disease involving the vertebral body and paravertebral soft tissues is a rare disease with poor prognosis. We report a case of spinal cord compression caused by secondary extradural cysts.