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Ministry of Health Ankara Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara, Turkey Spinal hydatid disease is a rare entity and occurs most commonly as a result of direct extension from pulmonary lesions. Isolated intraspinal extradural location of the hydatid cyst is even rarer. We report a case of an isolated spinal extradural hydatid cyst presenting with radicular compression. Keywords : Spinal hydatid cyst, magnetic resonance imaging