Multifocal hydatidosis with extensive involvement of the sacrum and the femoral head

Afef Feki; Cyrine Abid; Samar Ben Djemaa; Zouhour Gassara; Ezzeddine Mariam; Mohamed Hedi Kallel; Akrout Rim; Hela Fourati; Sofien Baklouti

doi:10.1002/ccr3.7438

Multifocal hydatidosis with extensive involvement of the sacrum and the femoral head

Clin Case Rep. 2023 May 29;11(6):e7438. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.7438. eCollection 2023 Jun.

Authors

Afef Feki¹, Cyrine Abid¹, Samar Ben Djemaa¹, Zouhour Gassara¹, Ezzeddine Mariam¹, Mohamed Hedi Kallel¹, Akrout Rim¹, Hela Fourati¹, Sofien Baklouti¹

Affiliation

¹ Rheumatology Department Hedi Chaker University Hospital Sfax Tunisia.

Abstract

Key clinical message: Hydatidosis is a parasitic infection caused by the larval form of "Echinococcus granulosis." Bone localization is rare even in endemic areas. We report an unusual case of an extensive hydatidosis of the right sacrum and femur with muscle involvement.

Abstract: We report the case of a man, with a history of visceral hydatidosis, who developed after 14 years an extensive hydatidosis of the sacrum and femur with muscle involvement. The treatment of visceral hydatidosis was chemotherapy with albendazole for a long term. Conservative surgical treatment is considered for bone locations.

Keywords: bone; echinococcosis; femur; hydatid disease; magnetic resonance imaging; sacrum.

Publication types

Case Reports