Open AccessPrimary hydatid cyst of anterior thigh - an unusual location
Author(s) -
Suvendu Maji,
Makhan Saha
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
sri lanka journal of surgery/sri lanka journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2279-2201
pISSN - 0379-8240
DOI - 10.4038/sljs.v35i3.8417
Subject(s) - medicine , sri lanka , medical journal , ceylon , family medicine , sociology , tanzania , socioeconomics , computer science , programming language
Hydatid disease is a zoonotic infection and is endemic in India. The most commonly affected organs are liver (75%) followed by lungs (25%).Primary skeletal muscle hydatidosis is extremely rare and occur in approximately in 2.3%of cases. Given its rarity and its close similarity with other entities like soft tissue tumour, abscess, sarcoma, diagnosis of intramuscular hydatid cyst may be challenging.
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