Multiple cerebral hydatid disease: case report with magnetic resonance imaging study

Neurosurgery. 1992 Mar;30(3):436-8. doi: 10.1227/00006123-199203000-00023.

Abstract

A case of multiple hydatid cysts of the brain is reported. Computed tomographic and magnetic resonance imaging scanning revealed a thick and calcified pericystium. These findings allowed appropriate surgical planning, with a marked recovery of the neurological deficits and absence of relapse in the follow-up period.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Brain Diseases / complications
  • Brain Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Diseases / parasitology*
  • Brain Diseases / pathology
  • Brain Diseases / surgery
  • Child
  • Echinococcosis* / complications
  • Echinococcosis* / diagnostic imaging
  • Echinococcosis* / pathology
  • Echinococcosis* / surgery
  • Headache / etiology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vision Disorders / etiology
  • Vomiting / etiology