We present three @entity1 with neurologic complications of the spine from @entity66 . The first was a 6-year-old @entity1 with lower limb @entity912 evolving over 2 weeks. Neuroimaging revealed a cystic mass compressing the spinal cord at the level of T8 and extending from the vertebral body. She underwent surgical decompression. Histopathologic examination confirmed @entity66 . At 6-month follow-up, functional improvement had occurred with full ambulation. She continues on long-term albendazole therapy. Two other @entity1 are described, one with primary @entity66 and the other with @entity75 and secondary seeding to the spine. Spinal @entity66 is a rarity, even more so in @entity1 . Although @entity66 , primarily affecting bone, carries a poorer long-term outlook, the first @entity1 made a dramatic recovery and has raised therapeutic dilemmas as to the total duration of continuing albendazole therapy. The literature documents some 37 reports, mostly in adults. Considering the frequency of @entity66 in South Africa, the incidence in our population could be under-recorded. Unless the clinician includes spinal @entity66 , in endemic areas, as part of the differential list for @entity912 and considers performing neuroimaging, this potentially treatable diagnosis will be missed.

Hydatid disease of the spine in South African XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'girl', 'patients', 'patient'] @entity75 :: ('MESH:D001927', 'Disease') :: ['cerebral disease'] @entity66 :: ('MESH:D004194', 'Disease') :: ['hydatid disease', 'secondary disease', 'spinal disease'] @entity912 :: ('MESH:D010243', 'Disease') :: ['paralysis']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['children']
