2013
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002458
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Spinal Cystic Echinococcosis – A Systematic Analysis and Review of the Literature: Part 2. Treatment, Follow-up and Outcome

Abstract: Bone involvement in human cystic echinococcosis (CE) is rare, but affects the spine in approximately 50% of cases. Despite significant advances in diagnostic imaging techniques, surgical treatment and introduction of pharmacological therapy, spinal echinococcosis remains associated with a high degree of morbidity, disability and mortality.We systematically reviewed the published literature of the last five decades to update and summarize the currently existing data on treatment, follow-up and outcome of spinal… Show more

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“…Aun más raro fue que presentó inestabilidad lumbosacra ocasionada por la laterolistesis. La ubicación de este tipo de hidatidosis es extradural en el 90% de los casos, e invade cuerpo vertebral (10) y coincidió con nuestro caso.…”
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“…Aun más raro fue que presentó inestabilidad lumbosacra ocasionada por la laterolistesis. La ubicación de este tipo de hidatidosis es extradural en el 90% de los casos, e invade cuerpo vertebral (10) y coincidió con nuestro caso.…”
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“…Dentro de los diagnósticos diferenciales se encuentran quiste dermoide, meningocele sacro, schwanoma y quiste aracnoideo, entre otros (9,10) . En nuestro caso, identificamos una imagen multiquística hiperintensa en T2, así como lisis de la región posterior del sacro y cuerpo vertebral de L5.…”
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“…However, complete removal of the parasite is not guaranteed with surgery due to the infiltrative nature of this infection, with recurrence rates reported to be as high as 48%. 2 Furthermore, surgical treatment may also lead to complications such as disability and deformity. 10 Radiotherapy has been proposed as a new treatment option for bone hydatid disease and has the potential of being parasiticidal while reducing the occurrence of disability and deformity.…”
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