RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Unusual appearance of a cerebral hydatid cyst as a hemorrhagic infarct
JF Neurosciences Journal
JO Neurosciences (Riyadh)
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 275
OP 276
VO 15
IS 4
A1 Kanj, Ali H.
A1 Fares, Youssef H.
A1 Yehya, Raafat R.
A1 Hamzeh, Feyrouz F.
YR 2010
UL http://nsj.org.sa/content/15/4/275.abstract
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.