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[Osteolytic bone lesion: vertebral alveolar echinococcosis in a patient with splenectomy]
C Nourrisson1, S Mathieu2, J Beytout3
1Laboratoire de parasitologie-mycologie, CHU Gabriel-Montpied, 58, rue Montalembert, 63003 Clermont-Ferrand cedex 1, France.
Introduction:
Osteolytic lesions are not always related to malignancies.
Case Report:
We report an 82-year-old woman suffering from subcostal pain. The patient underwent a splenectomy 40 years previously. CT-scan and MRI highlighted a calcified hepatic lesion associated with an osteolytic lesion of the L5 vertebra. Osteolytic and hepatic lesions were attributed to an alveolar echinococcosis based on positive serological assays.
Conclusion:
To our knowledge, this is the first report of an alveolar echinococcosis in a patient with splenectomy and secondary lesions. We suggest that the splenectomy could have promoted the parasite spreading to vertebra.