Spinal echinococcal cyst: Treatment using computerized tomography- guided needle aspiration and hypertonic saline irrigation

Sergey Spektor; John M. Gomori; Liana Beni-Adani; Shlomo Constantini

doi:10.3171/jns.1997.87.3.0464

Spinal echinococcal cyst: Treatment using computerized tomography- guided needle aspiration and hypertonic saline irrigation

Sergey Spektor, John M. Gomori, Liana Beni-Adani, Shlomo Constantini

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Abstract

A multilocular extradural cervical spinal hydatid cyst that causes severe spinal cord compression and quadriplegia is relatively rare and difficult to treat. In a patient with this disorder, computerized tomography- guided needle aspiration of the cyst loculations and irrigation using hypertonic saline eliminated the need for emergency surgery and provided complete resolution of the patient's quadriplegia. The subsequent course of the disease was controlled by treatment with albendazole. Magnetic resonance imaging performed 4 months after the procedure demonstrated collapsed cysts and absence of spinal cord compression.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	464-467
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Neurosurgery
Volume	87
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1997.87.3.0464
State	Published - 1 Jan 1997

Keywords

Echinococcosis spinal hydatid cyst
Needle aspiration
Quadriplegia
Spinal cord compression

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Surgery
Clinical Neurology

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