DOI: 10.21276/sasjs.2019.5.6.5

Pages: 260-262

The psoas muscle is an exceptional localization of the hydatid cyst. The purpose of this article is to report the observation of a hydatid cyst located in the left psoas muscle in a 66-year-old patient. Ultrasonography, computed tomography and positive serology have contributed to the preoperative diagnosis. The patient was operated by lateral pararectus incision (Jalaguier's approach), the surgical act consisted of a partial cystectomy leaving a pericystic wall against the vasculo-nervous elements. The evolution was good without recurrence after the surgical treatment.