Vertebro-Spinal Hydatidosis: Case Report

Hydatid disease is caused by the larval form of parasitic tapeworm; Echinococcus granulosus. Primary spinal hydatid disease is rare. Primary bone localization is rare and it accounts between 0.5% and 4%. Spinal localization accounts for less than 1%. The infection may be misdiagnosed initially. Our case was a 39- year-old woman presented with progressive low back pain, intermittent claudication and sphincter disorders type urinary incontinence for 20 days. Neurological examination found a paraparesia and hypoesthesia without superior sensitive level. Magnetic resonance images of the thoracal region showed an intradural multicystic lesion. The mass was explored with D7-L2 laminectomy. Lesion was easily dissected from the cord and was resected totally. The pathological diagnosis was hydatid disease.