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 …

In this chapter, we reviewed a total of 41 previously published cases with stroke as a
complication of cardiac hydatidosis with/without multiple hydatid cysts of the brain. It is …

Hemispheric strokes of hydatid origin are very rare. We describe two cases of middle
cerebral artery occlusion by a cyst of cardiac origin. Cerebral angiography demonstrated …

Stroke is a very uncommon complication of hydatic disease. The case of a pediatric patient
who suffered cerebral infarction due to the occlussion of the right middle cerebral artery, and …

The hydatic cyst is a pathology observed in developing countries. Multiple cerebral
localizations with a cardiac origin are exceptional and are sometimes diagnosed only after …

A 13-year-old boy presented with acute stroke leading to right-sided hemiparesis. A contrast
CT scan of the brain showed a hemorrhagic infarct in the left basal ganglia region with …

The authors report a case of hydatid cyst of the posterior fossa in a 22-year-old patient. He
lived in a poorly sanitary environment and remains in close contact with the dogs. This …

Hydatid cysts of the brain are very rare. Exceptionally, signs and symptoms are primarily
those of acute cerebral ischaemia. Two cases of acute cerebral ischaemia are reported in a …

Brain hydatidosis is a rare disease which may have no symptoms or sign for a long time. In
this case report, the woman 46-year-old has had a typical multiple cysts in the right parieto …

A 16-year-old girl presented with headache, vomiting, fever and a cough with blood-stained
sputum in Mosul, Iraq. She had had generalised convulsions over the preceding 6 months …