Muscle-sparing treatment of muscloskeletal hydatid cystic disease

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Background and objectives Muscloskeletal hydatid cystic disease are rare surgical problems in comparing to other organs in the body.

To show the benefit of muscle-sparing operation in treating such pathology and to be considered in differential diagnosis of soft tissue muscloskeletal mass particularly in endemic areas.

Methods Case series study of 10 patients operated upon in the period between 1995-2010 for muscloskeletal hydatid cyst in Mosul and Duhok hospitals .

All patients were evaluated by history, physical examination, complete blood picture, ultrasounds of the muscle mass and liver, and chest x-ray.

Patients were operated upon under general anaesthesia.

Musclesparing operation was performed in the form of drainage of the content of the mass after evacuation of its content without excision of the ectocyst .

Results The operation for muscloskeletal hydatid cysts (muscle-sparing) was without complications, without mortality but one patient developed recurrence after one year from operation.

Conclusions Muscle sparing surgical operation is effective method of treatment without morbidity and mortality.

Muscloskeletal hydatidosis should be considered in differential diagnosis of soft tissue tumor paticularly in endemic area.