Multiple Cerebral Hydatid Disease

Nurchi, Giancarlo; Floris, F; Montaldo, C; Mastio, Francesco; Peltz, Teresa; Coraddu, M

doi:10.1097/00006123-199203000-00023

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“…9 The incidence of intracranial hydatid in India is 0.2%. 10 Cerebral hydatid cysts are more common in the pediatric population, with 80% of the affected patients being children. 11,12 Some articles showed that hydatid cyst is not as rare as in rural areas, just the opposite.…”

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Isolated Cerebral Cyst Hydatid Removal with Dowling's Technique in a 6-Year-Old Pediatric Patient: Case Report

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Hydatid disease, caused by the Echinococcus parasite, is a worldwide zoonosis produced by the larval stage of the tapeworm. In urban living patients with cerebral abscesses, hydatid cysts should not be excluded from the differential diagnosis. We report an exceptional primary cerebral hydatid cyst in which imaging showed a large, round, contrast-enhancing lesion with a mass effect. The patient presented with a dull headache for over a year and progressively worsened left hemiparesis. The magnetic resonance imaging showed a huge intracranial mass, and the pathology was corrected with cyst hydatid. Surgery was performed via Dowling's technique, and the patient recovered without neurologic deficits. Echinococcosis should be considered a differential diagnosis for single or multiple cerebral abscesses, even in the absence of liver infections. The history of living in rural areas does not exclude cerebral hydatid cysts and Echinococcus.

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Isolated Cerebral Cyst Hydatid Removal with Dowling's Technique in a 6-Year-Old Pediatric Patient: Case Report

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“…Multiple cerebral hydatid cysts are very rare. In literature, few cases of cerebral multiple location were reported (8,11,12,14).…”

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Multiple Cerebral, Calcified and Infected Hydatid Cysts - Case Report and Literature Review

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Gana

et al. 2015

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“…Cerebral hydatid disease is very rare, and could either be primary or secondary, the primary is entirely caused by direct infestation of the brain without concomitant involvement of other organs. The primary disease is most probably from patient's immune incompetence, patent ductus arteriosus, patent foramen ovale and special brain architecture [3,4]. Hydatid disease basically involves mainly the liver and lungs, with involvement of the brain very rare and in about 1-2% of cases.…”

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“…Hydatid disease basically involves mainly the liver and lungs, with involvement of the brain very rare and in about 1-2% of cases. The cerebral disease is most commonly seen in childhood and often solitary causing varying neurologic manifestations, some of which are seizures and paralysis [1][2][3][4][5][6]. Hydatid disease of the brain may be located in any part of the brain, but most often times seen in both hemispheres along the middle cerebral artery territory with the parietal lobe of the brain the most frequently involved site of affectation [1,6 ,7].…”

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“…Hydatid disease of the brain may be located in any part of the brain, but most often times seen in both hemispheres along the middle cerebral artery territory with the parietal lobe of the brain the most frequently involved site of affectation [1,6 ,7]. Imaging plays a vital role in diagnosing hydatid cyst of the brain; the imaging modalities are mainly computed tomography and magnetic imaging resonance of the brain [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. Histopathological examination is however the gold standard in its diagnosis [2,8].…”

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Cystic Brain Lesion in A Child Most Likely Hydatid Cyst: The Computed Tomographic Findings and A Case Report

2023

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Hydatid disease of the brain is a very rare disease entity, and accounts for about 1-2% of all Echinococcus granulosis infections. This is a fifteen-year-old male child that presented from a peripheral health facility for an enhanced computed tomography of the brain on account of a six-month history of recurrent headaches, feeling of heaviness in the head and repeated convulsions. The enhanced computed tomography demonstrated a non-enhancing multiple cystic area with a central solid area with no surrounding edema but causing erosion, areas of irregularities and discontinuity of the adjacent skull vault. The CECT findings with the patient’s clinical history rose a suspicion of hydatid cyst of the brain, currently the patient is placed on medical treatment and been prepared for surgical excision of the cystic lesion.

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Multiple Cerebral Hydatid Disease

Cited by 4 publications

References 7 publications

Isolated Cerebral Cyst Hydatid Removal with Dowling's Technique in a 6-Year-Old Pediatric Patient: Case Report

Isolated Cerebral Cyst Hydatid Removal with Dowling's Technique in a 6-Year-Old Pediatric Patient: Case Report

Multiple Cerebral, Calcified and Infected Hydatid Cysts - Case Report and Literature Review

Cystic Brain Lesion in A Child Most Likely Hydatid Cyst: The Computed Tomographic Findings and A Case Report

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