Hydatid Disease of the Cervical Spine Mimicking Traumatic Burst Fracture

Background & Importance: Hydatid disease of the spine is rare but constitutes approximately 50% of bone involvement cases in human hydatidosis. It is a severe condition associated with a high rate of morbidity, disability and mortality. Case Presentation: In the present paper, we report an intr...

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Main Authors: Babak Alijani, Mohammadreza Emamhadi, Shahrokh Yousefzadeh-Chabok, Hamid Behzadnia, Siavash Dehghani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Guilan University of Medical Sciences 2016-03-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://irjns.org/browse.php?a_code=A-10-100-37&slc_lang=en&sid=1