Hydatid cyst of the rib with intramedullary involvement

D Kiliç; A K Cangir; S Bulut; H Akay

doi:10.1080/00015458.2003.11679436

Hydatid cyst of the rib with intramedullary involvement

Acta Chir Belg. 2003 Jun;103(3):334-5. doi: 10.1080/00015458.2003.11679436.

Authors

D Kiliç¹, A K Cangir, S Bulut, H Akay

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ankara University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. [email protected]

PMID: 12914375
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2003.11679436

Abstract

Osseous localization is uncommon for a hydatid cyst. We present a case of a hydatid cyst with rib involvement spreading through the bone marrow in a 62-year old woman.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Bone Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Bone Diseases / pathology*
Bone Diseases / surgery
Echinococcosis / diagnostic imaging
Echinococcosis / pathology*
Echinococcosis / surgery
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Ribs*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed