Multiple hydatid cysts of the brain : A case report and review of the literature

Multiple hydatid cysts of the brain are uncommon and may be either primary or secondary. We report a 12-year-old child with multiple hydatid cysts of the brain occurring 1 year after surgical rupture of a primary large and infected cerebral hydatid cyst. Surgical removal of hydatid cysts was success...

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Published in:Neurosurgical review 1998-01, Vol.21 (2-3), p.181-184
Main Authors: YÜCEER, N, GÜVEN, M. B, YILMAZ, H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Albendazole - therapeutic use
Anthelmintics - therapeutic use
Biological and medical sciences
Brain Diseases - drug therapy
Brain Diseases - etiology
Brain Diseases - surgery
Child
Combined Modality Therapy
Echinococcosis - drug therapy
Echinococcosis - etiology
Echinococcosis - surgery
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Neurosurgery
Recurrence
Rupture, Spontaneous
Skull, brain, vascular surgery
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Tropical medicine
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Summary:Multiple hydatid cysts of the brain are uncommon and may be either primary or secondary. We report a 12-year-old child with multiple hydatid cysts of the brain occurring 1 year after surgical rupture of a primary large and infected cerebral hydatid cyst. Surgical removal of hydatid cysts was successfully performed. Albendazole (10 mg/kg twice daily for 12 weeks) was administered to the patient in the postoperative stage.
ISSN:0344-5607
1437-2320
DOI:10.1007/BF02389329