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HYDATID CYSTS IN PARASPINAL MUSCLE COMPARTMENTS THEIR TENDENCY TO INVADE THE SPINAL CANAL
Author(s) -
Fitzpatrick S. C.
Publication year - 1957
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1957.tb04234.x
Subject(s) - medicine , spinal canal , radiological weapon , vertebral canal , anatomy , thoracic vertebrae , echinococcosis , hydatid cyst , pathology , radiology , surgery , lumbar vertebrae , lumbar , spinal cord , cyst , central nervous system disease , psychiatry
THIS paper is based upon six patients in whom hydatid cysts were found growing primarily in paraspinal muscle compartments. In all 6 cases no radiological or other evi‐dence could be found of the presence of primary intra‐osseous hydatid cysts. The case histories of the six cases follow.