Spinal hydatid disease, a rare but existent pathological entity: Case report and review of the literature

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 178-183

  Sapkas, George S ^a   Machinis, Theofilos G ^a   Chloros, George D ^a   Fountas, Kostas N ^a   Themistocleous, George S ^a   Vrettahos, George ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Albendazole; Cauda equina; Epidural; Laminectomy; Spinal hydatid disease

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDATID CYST; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL HYDATID CYST; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FOLLOW UP; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; SPINE DISEASE; VERTEBRA;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644969876     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000199747.81684.54     Document Type: Article

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