PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kanj, Ali H.
AU  - Fares, Youssef H.
AU  - Yehya, Raafat R.
AU  - Hamzeh, Feyrouz F.
TI  - Unusual appearance of a cerebral hydatid cyst as a hemorrhagic infarct
DP  - 2010 Oct 01
TA  - Neurosciences Journal
PG  - 275--276
VI  - 15
IP  - 4
4099  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/15/4/275.short
4100  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/15/4/275.full
SO  - Neurosciences (Riyadh)2010 Oct 01; 15
AB  - We herein present a 32-year-old Lebanese woman with a history of cardiac hydatid cyst presenting with headache, confusion, and right arm clumsiness. A CT of the head showed hemorrhagic infarct of the left fronto-parietal lobe. Eleven months later, the subsequent development of hydatid cysts within the necrotic area of the infracted hemisphere suggested a cerebral hydatid embolism of cardiac origin. In patients with a positive history of hydatid disease, hydatid embolism should be considered in the differential diagnosis of stroke in young patients.