Cystic echinococcosis

Hydatidosis or cyst hydatic disease is a cosmopolitan larval cestodosis caused principally by the <i>Echinococcus granulosus</i> tapeworm, the adult form of which parasitises the intestine of dogs. Hydatidosis generally affects large domestic herbivores; humans are dead-end hosts, infected through contact with herding dogs or through ingestion of food contaminated with canine excrement.

Paraparesis

Weakness or partial paralysis in the lower limbs.


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PMID (PMCID)
25069214
 MALE
Epidural and para spinal thoracic hydatidosis presenting with progressive paraparesis and paraplegia: a case report.
Assefa G, Abebe M, Belete A, Schnider J.
Ethiop Med J. 2014;52(1):49-51.
Epidural and para spinal thoracic hydatidosis presenting with progressive paraparesis and paraplegia: a case report.
19512955
 FEMALE
A very rare cause of childhood paraparesis: primary intradural extramedullary spinal hydatid cyst.
Midyat L, Gokce S, Onder A, Ozdemir Y, Mursalov G, Mir S.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009;28(8):754-5.
Primary intradural extramedullary hydatid disease is extremely rare; a 13-year-old girl with primary intradural hydatid cyst who presented with symptoms of paraparesis is discussed in this article.
12389965
 MALE Adult
Hydatid disease of the spine: case report.
Kuremu RT, Khwa-Otsyula BO, Svanvik J, Bwombengi OS, Lelei LK, Mathews D.
East Afr Med J. 2002;79(3):165-6.
A rare case of spinal hydatid disease presenting with paraparesis and sensory loss is reported.