Intrathoracic Extrapleural Hydatid Cyst with Intraspinal Extension Mimicking a Dumbbell Tumour

Hydatid cystic disease or Echinococcosis is endemic in the Mediterranean countries, Middle and Central Asia, South America, Iceland, Australia, New Zealand, and northern and eastern Africa. However, it is unusual in northern Europe and America. Echinococcosis Granulosus or E. Multilocularis causes this zoonotic disease. Humans are accidental hosts of this zoonosis, and transmission occurs through ingesting parasite eggs in contaminated food. Here we present a 22-year-old male who had an Intrathoracic, extra pleural and extradural hydatid cyst, which mimicked a dumbbell tumour and was successfully managed with simultaneous posterior approach laminectomy with thoracotomy.