RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Atypical radiological findings in cerebral hydatid disease
JF Neurosciences Journal
JO Neurosciences (Riyadh)
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 263
OP 266
VO 16
IS 3
A1 Mohammed Benzagmout
A1 Mustapha Maaroufi
A1 Khalid Chakour
A1 Mohammed E. Chaoui
YR 2011
UL http://nsj.org.sa/content/16/3/263.abstract
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.