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Disseminated hydatidosis is rare, accounting for &amp;lt;10% of cases.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title><jats:p>We present a 28-year-old man with paraplegia and abdominal pain. He was first diagnosed with hydatid disease at a government hospital 3 years earlier and presented to us with only an ultrasound (US) report. No serology reports were furnished. He had deferred surgery due to financial constraints. At current presentation, US, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated multiple cysts across the pelvis, retroperitoneum, spine, mediastinum, neck, and extremities. Imaging morphology was consistent with the WHO-IWGE (Informal Working Group on Echinococcosis) CE1\u2013CE3 hydatid cysts. Differentials including abscess, cysticercosis, necrotic metastases, and lymphangioma were ruled out based on the absence of contrast enhancement, calcification pattern, and clinical correlation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Treatment and outcome<\/jats:title><jats:p>Surgery was advised, but was declined. PAIR (puncture, aspiration, injection, re-aspiration) was contraindicated due to multivesicular bone and spinal cysts. The patient was managed with oral albendazole. Follow-up data are currently unavailable.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>This case highlights disseminated hydatid disease with an unusual spinal and soft tissue involvement. Multimodality imaging is pivotal for diagnosis and treatment planning. 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