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KMID : 1189320130070010039
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Asian Spine Journal
2013 Volume.7 No. 1 p.39 ~ p.43
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Recurrent Echinococcal Infection of the Lumbar Spine: An 11 Year Follow-up
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Gouse Mohamad
Amritanand Rohit
Venkatesh Krishnan
Sundararaj Gabriel David
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Abstract
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Spinal hydatid cyst is a rare occurrence in non endemic countries. We present a case of recurrent lumbar hydatid disease in a 21-year-old male who following initial treatment had a good functional outcome and healing for 8 years, following which he came back with complaints of low back ache and neurological deficit. Patient underwent a second surgery with global debridement of L3-L5 vertebrae followed by medical management for two years. He had a good surgical outcome with recovery from the neurological deficit. Patient has returned to his routine activities and is being reviewed every year; there is no evidence of recurrence in the past 3 years. To the best of our knowledge recurrence after 8 years of initial treatment, followed by good clinical and radiological outcome for 3 years after surgery and treatment of the recurrence has not been reported in literature.
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KEYWORD
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Echinococcosis, Lumbar vertebrae, Albendazole
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