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Divya Aggarwal1, Vaibhav Girotra1, Neelam Wadhwa1
1Department of Pathology, University College of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
|October 14, 2017
Abstract:
Hydatid disease is an infrequent parasitic infestation caused by cestode, most commonly, Echinococcus granulosus. Bone involvement is distinctly uncommon. We would like to share our experience of a rare case of hydatid disease of femur in a 24-year-old male who presented with nonunion of subtrochanteric fracture. Histopathology showed typical lamellated wall and dagger-shaped hooklets. In view of its rarity, hydatid disease often remains an unsuspected infection of the bone.

