Primary hydatid disease of the femur : unsuspected and incidental MRI findings with long-term curative results on medical treatment alone

This report describes the early magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings and long-term follow-up results of albendazole treatment in a 16-year-old girl with primary hydatid disease of the femur diagnosed incidentally during the course of a post-traumatic knee infection. As far as we know, this is t...

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Published in:Skeletal radiology 2001-11, Vol.30 (11), p.656-658
Main Authors: POYANLI, Arzu, AKAN, Kaya, POYANLI, Oguz, SENCER, Serra, SAYRAK, Hakan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Albendazole - therapeutic use
Anthelmintics - therapeutic use
Biological and medical sciences
Disease
Diseases caused by cestodes
Echinococcoses
Echinococcosis - drug therapy
Echinococcosis - pathology
Female
Femur - parasitology
Femur - pathology
Helminthic diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Medical research
Medical sciences
Medical treatment
Parasitic diseases
Time Factors
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Summary:This report describes the early magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings and long-term follow-up results of albendazole treatment in a 16-year-old girl with primary hydatid disease of the femur diagnosed incidentally during the course of a post-traumatic knee infection. As far as we know, this is the first report of the early MRI findings and long-term outcome of medical treatment in primary hydatid disease of the femur in this age group.
ISSN:0364-2348
1432-2161
DOI:10.1007/s002560100393