Hydatid Cyst of the Rib: A New Case and Review of the Literature

The hydatid cyst is not rare in our country, but bone lesions are less common. The disease often takes the appearance of abscess or malignant lesion. We report a case of a 35-year-old man with a hydatid cyst of the rib complicated with cutaneous fistula. The surgery allowed both diagnosis and treatm...

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Autores principales: Chafik, A., Benjelloun, A., El Khadir, A., El Barni, R., Achour, A., Ait Benasser, M. A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2825664/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20182633
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/817205
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author Chafik, A.
Benjelloun, A.
El Khadir, A.
El Barni, R.
Achour, A.
Ait Benasser, M. A.
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description The hydatid cyst is not rare in our country, but bone lesions are less common. The disease often takes the appearance of abscess or malignant lesion. We report a case of a 35-year-old man with a hydatid cyst of the rib complicated with cutaneous fistula. The surgery allowed both diagnosis and treatment. Albendazole was then administered to prevent relapse.
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spelling pubmed-28256642010-02-24 Hydatid Cyst of the Rib: A New Case and Review of the Literature Chafik, A. Benjelloun, A. El Khadir, A. El Barni, R. Achour, A. Ait Benasser, M. A. Case Rep Med Case Report The hydatid cyst is not rare in our country, but bone lesions are less common. The disease often takes the appearance of abscess or malignant lesion. We report a case of a 35-year-old man with a hydatid cyst of the rib complicated with cutaneous fistula. The surgery allowed both diagnosis and treatment. Albendazole was then administered to prevent relapse. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2009 2010-02-21 /pmc/articles/PMC2825664/ /pubmed/20182633 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/817205 Text en Copyright © 2009 A. Chafik et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Benjelloun, A.
El Khadir, A.
El Barni, R.
Achour, A.
Ait Benasser, M. A.
Hydatid Cyst of the Rib: A New Case and Review of the Literature
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title_full Hydatid Cyst of the Rib: A New Case and Review of the Literature
title_fullStr Hydatid Cyst of the Rib: A New Case and Review of the Literature
title_full_unstemmed Hydatid Cyst of the Rib: A New Case and Review of the Literature
title_short Hydatid Cyst of the Rib: A New Case and Review of the Literature
title_sort hydatid cyst of the rib: a new case and review of the literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2825664/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/817205
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