Primary Sacral Hydatid Cyst Causing Cutaneous Fistula.

Volkan Murat Unal; Nail Ozdemir; Ali Karadag; Serdar Oguzoglu; Haydar Celik

Author(s)

Volkan Murat Unal Department of Neurosurgery, Tepecik Research and Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey

Nail Ozdemir Department of Neurosurgery, Tepecik Research and Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey

Ali Karadag Department of Neurosurgery, Tepecik Research and Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey

Serdar Oguzoglu Department of Neurosurgery, Government Hospital of Malatya, Malatya, Turkey

Haydar Celik Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

Abstract

Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus multilocularis are the causes of hydatid disease and the main characteristic is endemic. Generally, it affects the liver and lungs. Spinal hydatidosis accounts for less than 1% of the cases. Vertebral hydatidosis is usually silent and a slowly progressive disease with a long latent period. Another rare form is the primary sacral hydatid cyst. Generally, patients suffer from back pain and neural compression symptoms. A 43-year woman was admitted with left leg pain and a fluid leakage from a cutaneous fistula on the left hip. It was diagnosed on MRI as a bilateral cystic lesion which eroded the first sacral wing, extending to the paravertebral region and left intervertebral foramen. We present a case with fluid leakage from cutaneous fistula.

Publication Details

Page(s) 311-312

DOI DOI not available

Published Journal: Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP, Volume: 27, Issue: 5, Year: 2017

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