Department of Radiology, CHU Ibn-sina, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
*Corresponding Author: Amarkak Abdillahi Wais
Department of Radiology, Hospital of Specialty, CHU
Ibn-Sina, Mohamed V University, Rabat Morocco.
Email: [email protected]
Received : Jan 15, 2022
Accepted : Feb 21, 2022
Published : Feb 28, 2022
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Copyright : © Wais AA (2022).
Hydatidosis is a parasitic disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus or echinococcal tænia, preferentially localized in the lung (20 to 30%) and in the liver (60 to 70%). Intraosseous localization is extremely rare.
She did not complain on any difficulties swallowing or breathing. She has a background of mild Asthma for which she uses inhalers but otherwise is generally well in herself. She is a non-smoker and is fully vaccinated.
Imaging features takes a very important place for the diagnosis and therapeutic management such as ultrasound, CT and MRI.
MRI shows a large, well-limited and multiloculated cystic mass in cotyloid cavity, with daughter vesicles in hypo-intensity T1-weighted, hyperintensity T2-weighted with low diffusion coefficient and no contrast enhancement after injection of gadolinium. This mass causes a breach of cortex and extension to the adjacent soft tissue.