PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mohammed Benzagmout
AU  - Mustapha Maaroufi
AU  - Khalid Chakour
AU  - Mohammed E. Chaoui
TI  - Atypical radiological findings in cerebral hydatid disease
DP  - 2011 Jul 01
TA  - Neurosciences Journal
PG  - 263--266
VI  - 16
IP  - 3
4099  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/16/3/263.short
4100  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/16/3/263.full
SO  - Neurosciences (Riyadh)2011 Jul 01; 16
AB  - Cerebral hydatid disease is very rare, representing only 2% of all cerebral space occupying lesions. The diagnosis is usually based on a pathognomonic CT pattern. Exceptionally, the image is atypical raising suspicion of many differential diagnoses such as intracerebral infectious, vascular lesions, or tumors. We report 2 atypical cases of cerebral hydatid cysts diagnosed in a 21, and a 24-year-old woman. The CT scan results suggest oligodendroglioma in the first case and brain abscess in the second. An MRI was helpful in the diagnosis of the 2 cases. Both patients underwent successful surgery with a good outcome. The hydatid nature of the cyst was confirmed by histology in both cases.