Issue release date: 12.11.2024

 
Turkish Neurosurgery 2002 , Vol 12 , Num 3-4
RECURRENCE OF PRIMARY COSTAL ECHINOCOCCOSIS WITH SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION
Erkan KAPTANOĞLU1, Koray DURAL2, Etem BEŞKONAKLI1, Cengiz KARA1, Fikret ERGÜNGÖR1 1Ankara Numune Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara Turkey
2Department of Thorax Surgery, Ankara, Turkey Primary hydatid disease of the rib is very rare, even in endemic areas. We describe a patient who presented with recurrent costal hydatid disease that caused spinal cord compression and progressive paraparesis 7 years after the initial cyst removal surgery. In the first operation, cysts were removed but no bone was resected. To prevent recurrence of costal hydatid disease, we recommend wide bone resection in addition to extirpation of the cysts. Keywords : Echinococcosis, hydatid disease, rib, spinal cord compression
Corresponding author : Erkan Kaptanoğlu, ekaptanoglu@hotmail.com