RESUMO
Hydatid disease is an extremely uncommon differential diagnosis in the cystic/lytic lesions of bone. We present a rare case of echinococcal infection of femur which presented as pathological fracture in a middle-aged female and diagnosis was confirmed by histopathology. Hydatid disease of bone is often asymptomatic, and its diagnosis is usually made when lesions have become extensive.
Assuntos
Doenças Ósseas Infecciosas/diagnóstico , Doenças Ósseas Infecciosas/patologia , Equinococose/diagnóstico , Equinococose/patologia , Fêmur/patologia , Fraturas Ósseas/etiologia , Fraturas Ósseas/patologia , Doenças Ósseas Infecciosas/complicações , Doenças Ósseas Infecciosas/parasitologia , Equinococose/complicações , Equinococose/parasitologia , Feminino , Fêmur/parasitologia , Histocitoquímica , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-IdadeRESUMO
Hydatid disease is an extremely uncommon differential diagnosis in the cystic/lytic lesions of bone. We present a rare case of echinococcal infection of femur which presented as pathological fracture in a middle-aged female and diagnosis was confirmed by histopathology. Hydatid disease of bone is often asymptomatic, and its diagnosis is usually made when lesions have become extensive.