Key words :
Hydatidosis, bone involvement, surgery.
INTRODUCTION :
Iliac bone involvement is a rare location of hydatid cysts. Diagnosis is
often based on imaging and immunological reactions, and treatment
involves surgical removal, sometimes supplemented by anthelmintic
medical treatment (1).
Bone hydatidosis accounts for 0.5-2% of all hydatid sites and is
dominated by the vertebral site (2).
The iliac bone accounts for only 16-25% of bone locations (3).
The clinical course of bone hydatidosis is slow, with clinical signs
appearing after rupture of the cortical bone and invasion of the soft
tissue (1).
We present the case of a 47 year old patient operated 10 years ago for a
hepatic hydatid cyst and consulted for pelvic pain related to a hydatid
location in the left iliac wing.