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This report describes the early magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings and long-term follow-up results of albendazole treatment in a 16-year-old girl with primary hydatid disease of the femur diagnosed incidentally during the course of a post-traumatic knee infection. As far as we know, this is the first report of the early MRI findings and long-term outcome of medical treatment in primary hydatid disease of the femur in this age group
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Poyanli, A., Akan, K., Poyanli, O. et al. Primary hydatid disease of the femur: unsuspected and incidental MRI findings with long-term curative results on medical treatment alone. Skeletal Radiol 30, 656–658 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002560100393
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