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An exceptional localization of hydatidosis

An exceptional localization of hydatidosis

Oussama Eladaoui1,&, Abdelhak Garch1

 

1Department of Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery P32, University Hassan II, Morocco

 

 

&Corresponding author
Oussama Eladaoui, Department of Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery P32, University Hassan II, Morocco

 

 

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A 48-years-old woman, presenting a huge mass of the posterior surface of the thigh, fixed on the deep and superficial planes, evolving for 1 year. The patient has no particular pathological history, and no other signs were noted, including neither weight´s loss nor general deterioration. The patient doesn´t have any inguinal adenopathy or abdominal masses on the clinical examination, but she complains paresthesia in the popliteal sciatic nerve´s territory. A biological report showed a hypereosinophyly, and MRI was performed, showing a septated cystic mass measuring 24 cm of the major axis, compressing the great sciatic nerve.

 

 

Figure 1: image of a huge hydatid cyst