Hydatid disease of the pelvic bone : a report of three cases

Abstract EN

Hydatid disease is a common case caused by the tapeworm Echinococcus.

Hydatid disease of bone is rare.

We present three cases of hydatid disease of pelvic bone, the patients were from rural areas, and were young in age.

The hydatid disease of pelvic bone cause osteolytic lesions with expansion of cortex, articular cartilage.

There is no calcification found when hydatid disease extends to soft tissue.

Radical surgical resection of affected bone is the standard treatment for hydatid disease of pelvic bone when it is applicable, but in our patients surgical resection did not applied because of the lack of surgical facilities.

Chemotherapy by albendazole had encouraging results in control pelvic hydatid disease in prolonged course.

We should be aware of hydatid disease in any destructive lesion of pelvic bone, especially in case of patients from endemic areas like Iraq.