Mazyad M A, Morsy T A, Habib K S
Department of Orthopaedic, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
J Egypt Soc Parasitol. 1999 Aug;29(2):547-50.
This paper reports vertebral unilocular hydatid cysts in a shepherd and his wife in Sharkia Governorate. Diagnosis was based on parasitological examination of the surgically removed cysts. Albendazole was given as postoperative treatment. MRI six months after treatment, showed no recurrence and mild clinical improvement.