Surgical Treatment of Severe Early Onset Scoliosis (Idiopatic and Associated with Rare Diseases)

Volume 5 - Issue 5

Echchikhi Meryem*, Bellamlih Habib, Moslih Hasnae, El Haddad Siham, Nazik Allali and Chat Latifa

Received: September 03, 2020   Published: September 18, 2020

DOI: 10.32474/SCSOAJ.2020.05.000224

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Abstract

9-year-old girl presented with a 6-month history of dyspnea. He had daily contact with dogs in a rural area. The physical examination revealed a decrease in vesicular murmurs in the right hemithorax. Chest computed tomography (Figure 1) revealed a large cyst in the right lung with a slightly thick wall, associated with a smaller and shaped left pulmonary cyst containing gas bubbles that result from its rupture in the respiratory bronchi. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in the patient’s blood showed a high anti-echinococcus IgG antibody index [1]. Hydatid disease is caused by the echinococcus tapeworm. Man being the intermediate host, is contaminated from contact with an infected dog. This last is the definitive host. After eliminating an associated abdominal localization of the disease, the patient underwent laparotomy consisting of the removal of both cysts, followed by adjuvant anti-helminthic therapy. No recurrence was shown in computed tomography performed three months after treatment [2].

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