PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Binesh, Fariba AU - Mehrabanian, Mohamadreza AU - Navabii, Hossein TI - Primary brain hydatosis AID - 10.1136/bcr.06.2010.3099 DP - 2011 Jan 01 TA - BMJ Case Reports PG - bcr0620103099 VI - 2011 4099 - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2011/bcr.06.2010.3099.short 4100 - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2011/bcr.06.2010.3099.full AB - 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.