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Rare disease
Primary brain hydatosis
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  1. Fariba Binesh1,
  2. Mohamadreza Mehrabanian2,
  3. Hossein Navabii3
  1. 1Department of Pathology, Yazd Shahid Sadoghi University, Yazd, Islamic Republic of Iran
  2. 2Department of Neurosurgery, Yazd Shahid Sadoghi University, Yazd, Islamic Republic of Iran
  3. 3Yazd Shahid Sadoghi University, Yazd, Islamic Republic of Iran
  1. Correspondence to Dr Hossein navabii, navabii{at}aol.com

Summary

The authors present a case of intracranial hydatid cyst presented with severe headache, nausea and vomiting. Radiological investigations, including CT scan and MRI revealed a solitary cyst in the right temporal lobe, paraventricular area. Total excision of the cyst was done. The features of this rare disease are retrospectively analysed in this presentation and the literature is reviewed.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr.06.2010.3099

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