RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Hydatid disease of the rib
JF European Respiratory Journal
JO Eur Respir J
FD European Respiratory Society
SP P2433
VO 44
IS Suppl 58
A1 El Mehdi Maidi
A1 Sofia Kilali
A1 Hicham Fenane
A1 Mohamed Bouchikh
A1 Abdellah Achir
A1 Abdellatif Benosman
YR 2014
UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/44/Suppl_58/P2433.abstract
AB Human echinococcosis, also called hydatid disease, is an anthropozoonotic infection caused by larval forms of small tapeworms of the genus Echinoccus the Echinococcosis granulosus.It is still an endemic parasitic disease in the Mediterranean area, South America, North Africa, and Australia.hydatid cyst can be seen in any part of the body. However it most commonly involves the liver followed by the lung, skeletal involvement is reported in only 0,5% to 2% of all cases. Primary hydatid disease originating from the ribs are extremely rare.Diagnosis is generally made through the combined assessment of clinical, radiologic (Figure 1) and laboratory data.We reported a series of 16 patients treated in our departement of thoracic surgery for costal hydatidosis through a period of 15 years.Through this study and a review of the literature we remind of the physiopathological and diagnostical particularities of the costal hydatidosis and it's treatment of choice : combined medical treatment by antihelminthic drugs and radical resection of the rib(s).