Experience in the treatment of osseous hydatidosis
- 1 June 1986
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in International Orthopaedics
- Vol. 10 (2) , 141-145
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00267757
Abstract
Osseous hydatidosis is a very uncommon disease which often recurs after treatment. There is no well-established effective method of management. Radical excision may produce serious mutilation and often fails to control the disease. We have used oral mebendazole as adjuvant treatment in four patients. Two also underwent radical excision, one had received limited excision elsewhere and the other did not have operative treatment. The patients who underwent radical excision and the other who did not have an operation became and remain free of symptoms and are serologically negative. A combination of excision and treatment with mebendazole may have a role in the management of this complex disease. L'hydatidose osseuse est une maladie peu commune qui récidive souvent aprés traitement. Il n'existe pas actuellement de méthode bien établie et efficace pour obtenir la guérison. L'exérèse chirurgicale peut entraîner de graves mutilations qui n'enrayent pas toujours le cours de l'affection. Dans quatre cas, nous avons utilisé le mébendazole par voie orale comme traitement d'appoint. Deux malades ont subi également une excision radicale et un autre une excision limitée, tandis que le quatrième n'a pas été opéré. Trois patients (dont deux des opérés) sont devenus asymptomatiques et sérologiquement négatifs. L'association de l'exérèse chirurgicale et de la chimiothérapie par le mébendazole semble pouvoir jouer un rôle dans le traitement de cette maladie si complexe.Keywords
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