DOI: 10.36347/sasjm.2021.v07i06.007

Pages: 243-246

Vertebromedullary hydatidosis is rare, accounting for less than 1% of all localizations of the hydatid cyst. It remains the most frequent and most serious manifestation of bone hydatidosis. We have collected 17 cases of vertebromedullary hydatidosis. Our patients have a mean age of 36 and are divided into 9 women and 8 men. The clinical picture is dominated by motor and sensory neurological disorders. The locations were dorsal in 4 cases, lumbar in 11 cases, cervical in 2 cases; vertebromedullary involvement was dominated by osteolysis (14 cases), vertebral compression (4 cases), multiloculated collections (7 cases), and extradural medullary compression (13 cases).