Vertebral echinococcosis, its complications and death due to rupture of aorta.

Equinococosis vertebral complicada. Muerte por rotura de aorta

Estrugo, Roberto L - Bueno, Marisa

Resumen:

A young adult, from rural areas, was diagnos¡ed as a case of primitive vertebral echinococcosis by the authors and this was confirmed by the postmortenexamination. He was brought to the hospital by reason of a complication: chronic renal failure due to compression of urinary tract. ClinicaJ data lead toestablishing diagnosis: slow evolution, paraplegia and an abdominal mass. Radiological examination showed destruction of L4 and alterations in L3 and L5. Inmunoelectroforesispreved positive. Evolution !asted 26 years, the last six of which were characterized by the apearance of permanent paraplegia with sphincter incontinence and hydatid ossifluentpseudo-abscess. Obstructive renal failure was improved by means of a pyelonephrostomy and, at a second stage, drainage of ossifluent pseudoabscess.This patient died of a rare complication, hardly ever mentioned in bibliography: rupture of aort.a due to arteritis in the continuty of bone caries, after drainage of pseudo-abscess.


Se presenta un caso de equinoc0cosis vertebral primitiva, hecho confirmado por la necropsia. La evolución clínica fue de 26 anos. Los últimos 6 afios se caracterizaron por la apariciónde paraplejía definitiva con incon,tinencia esfinteriana y seudo absceso osifluente h_idático. El motivo del ingreso fue una comphcación:insuficiencia renal cr-ónica por compresión de la vía urinaria. El diagnóstico positivo se hizo en base a 1-a clínica: procedente del interioradulto joven, evolución lenta con paraplejía' y tumoración abdominal. Radiológicam


Detalles Bibliográficos
1976
quiste hidático
aorta
complicaciones
hydatid cyst
aorta
complications
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Sociedad de Cirugía del Uruguay
Revista Cirugía del Uruguay
https://revista.scu.org.uy/index.php/cir_urug/article/view/2779
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Resumen:
Sumario:A young adult, from rural areas, was diagnos¡ed as a case of primitive vertebral echinococcosis by the authors and this was confirmed by the postmortenexamination. He was brought to the hospital by reason of a complication: chronic renal failure due to compression of urinary tract. ClinicaJ data lead toestablishing diagnosis: slow evolution, paraplegia and an abdominal mass. Radiological examination showed destruction of L4 and alterations in L3 and L5. Inmunoelectroforesispreved positive. Evolution !asted 26 years, the last six of which were characterized by the apearance of permanent paraplegia with sphincter incontinence and hydatid ossifluentpseudo-abscess. Obstructive renal failure was improved by means of a pyelonephrostomy and, at a second stage, drainage of ossifluent pseudoabscess.This patient died of a rare complication, hardly ever mentioned in bibliography: rupture of aort.a due to arteritis in the continuty of bone caries, after drainage of pseudo-abscess.