HYDATID CYST OF THE PSOAS MUSCLE - A CASE -REPORT

The authors report a rare case of hydatid cyst of the psoas muscle in a 28-year-old woman, operated for vertebrospinal hydatid cyst. The pat ient presented with a left iliac fossa mass. Ultrasonography and compu ted tomography contributed to the preoperative diagnosis, despite nega tive hydatid serology. A retroperitoneal approach by left lumbotomy wi th partial pericystectomy was performed. In the light of this case, th e authors discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic problems raised by hy datid cyst of the psoas muscle.