Publication: Hydatid cyst of the sacroiliac joint: A case study in Teaching Hospital
Date
2013
Authors
Article Type
Case Report
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
ISSN (Print) : 1993-2979 | ISSN (Online) : 1993-2987
Volume Title
Pages
Pages: 79 - 81
Publisher
Institute of Medicine
Abstract
Abstract
Hydatid cyst affecting the sacroiliac joint is rare. Signs of sacroiliac joint involvement cause difficulties in differential diagnosis of this rare condition. To describe an unusual case of hydatid disease of the sacrum affecting the sacroiliac joint and to discuss imaging, differential diagnosis, and treatment, a 27-year-old female patient with right buttock pain and sciatica is presented.
Plain radiographs, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging scans revealed destructive expansive lesion located on the right sacrum and extended through the right sacroiliac joint. Surgical curettage of the lesion was performed histopathology examination confirmed hydatid cyst and the patient was treated with albendazole.
This unusual disease should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of sacroiliac pain and sciatica.
Description
D Kafle
Department of Orthopedics, Tribhuvan University, Institute of Medicine, TU Teaching Hospital Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
B Sherchan
Department of Orthopedics Institute of Medicine TU Teaching Hospital Kathmandu Nepal
S Adhikari
Department of Orthopedics Institute of Medicine TU Teaching Hospital Kathmandu Nepal
LL Shah
Department of Orthopedics Institute of Medicine TU Teaching Hospital Kathmandu Nepal
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Identifier
https://doi.org/10.59779/jiomnepal.974