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Year :2014
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Month :
September
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Volume :
3
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Issue :
3
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Page :
13 - 15
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Primary Intramuscular Hydatid
Cyst of the Gastrocnemius
Muscle – A Rare Case Report
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Correspondence Address :
Shiv Kumar Bunkar, Sameer Vyas, Neena Kasliwal, Umesh C.Sharma, Om Prakash Tholiya,
Dr. Shiv Kumar Bunkar
AP/II/V - J.L.N Hospital Campus, Ajmer,
Rajasthan-305001, India.
Phone : +91-9829072396
E-mail: drshivkumarbunkar@yahoo.com
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Introduction: Hydatid cyst disease has a world wide distribution and causes many health problems in endemic regions. Hydatidosis usually affects the hepatic and pulmonary systems. Muscle hydatidosis is rare and it is usually secondary in nature resulting from spread of larval tissue from some other primary site. Primary muscle hydatidosis is extremely uncommon condition. We are describing a 45 year old female patient who presented with a swelling in her left calf region. The diagnosis of hydatid cyst was set intraoperatively. A postoperative CT-scan of the thorax and USG abdomen revealed no signs of other echinococcal cysts. Thus, the case was considered as a primary hydatid cyst of the calf. Primary intramuscular hydatid cysts presents a diagnostic problem because of low prevalence in such unusual locations and also they may mimic a soft tissue tumour. It should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a cystic mass in the calf, especially in endemic areas because injudicious approach in the management of this rare presentation may cause systemic dissemination and anaphylactic shock.
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