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This report deals with two cases of spinal cord compression, one secondary to hydatid disease of C4 vertebra and the other due to a posterior mediastinal hydatid with an intraspinal component. After a brief review of the pertinent literature and pathogenesis of the disease, the distinguishing radiological features have been brought out.
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Suri, S., Singh, I., Gulati, D. et al. Hydatid cyst causing spinal compression. Spinal Cord 15, 333–337 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1977.50
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