Author/Authors :
Moradi Tabriz Hedieh نويسنده , Pourrashidi-Boshrabadi Ahmad نويسنده Medical Student, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran , Mahdavi Ali نويسنده he is currently a PhD degree student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. , Motevalli Dorna نويسنده Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran , Eftekhar-Javadi Arezoo نويسنده Department of Pathology, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Primary spinal hydatid cyst is considered as a very rare form of hydatid disease, which accounts for less than 0.5% to 1% of hydatid disease cases. Intramedullary hydatid cyst is extremely rare. Herein, the researchers reported on a 23 - year - old male patient, who presented neck pain for 1.5 month and numbness of the right upper and lower extremities as well as ipsilateral disturbance in temperature sensation (Brown - Sequard syndrome) since two weeks prior to this hospital admission. Magnetic resonance imaging of cervical vertebrae revealed a 21 × 14 mm cystic intramedullary mass lesion with faint rim enhancement at C3 to C4 level with adjacent edema (
Figure 1). Surgical resection was done and pathologic evaluation of the specimen was in favor of hydatid cyst disease, and the patient was treated with postoperative anthelmintic chemotherapy.
