EXTRASPINAL BONE HYDATIDOSIS
- 1 September 2003
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
- Vol. 85 (9) , 1790-1794
- https://doi.org/10.2106/00004623-200309000-00019
Abstract
Background: Bone hydatidosis caused by the tapeworm larva, Echinococcus granulosis, is rare. Extraspinal locations are even rarer. We report our experience with the treatment of twenty-six patients with extraspinal osseous hydatidosis.Keywords
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