Primary hydatid disease of the femur: unsuspected and incidental MRI findings with long-term curative results on medical treatment alone (original) (raw)

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This report describes the early magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings and long-term follow-up results of albendazole treatment in a 16-year-old girl with primary hydatid disease of the femur diagnosed incidentally during the course of a post-traumatic knee infection. As far as we know, this is the first report of the early MRI findings and long-term outcome of medical treatment in primary hydatid disease of the femur in this age group

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  1. Department of Radiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Çapa 34390, Istanbul, Turkey
    Arzu Poyanli & Serra Sencer
  2. Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Göztepe SSK Educational Hospital, Kadiköy, Istanbul, Turkey
    Kaya Akan & Oguz Poyanli
  3. Department of Pathology, Göztepe SSK Educational Hospital, Kadiköy, Istanbul, Turkey
    Hakan Sayrak

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  1. Arzu Poyanli
  2. Kaya Akan
  3. Oguz Poyanli
  4. Serra Sencer
  5. Hakan Sayrak

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Revision requested: 4 April 2001

Revision received: 26 April 2001

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Poyanli, A., Akan, K., Poyanli, O. et al. Primary hydatid disease of the femur: unsuspected and incidental MRI findings with long-term curative results on medical treatment alone.Skeletal Radiol 30, 656–658 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002560100393

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