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Farukh Qureshi¹, Nabeel Maalbared

¹Department of Urology, King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, PO Box 9862, Jeddah 21159, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. farukhqsa@hotmail.com

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This case study details a rare instance of echinococcal disease impacting the brain and kidney, unusual for its multiple brain lesions and lack of liver/lung involvement. Surgical intervention for brain cysts and partial nephrectomy for kidney cysts led to a full recovery.

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Area of Science:

Neurology
Infectious Diseases
Nephrology

Background:

Echinococcal disease, caused by Echinococcus tapeworms, typically affects the liver and lungs.
Intracranial and renal involvement are less common presentations of echinococcal disease.

Observation:

A patient presented with multiple intracerebral echinococcal cysts causing epileptic convulsions.
The liver and lungs were notably spared in this case.
Subsequent diagnosis revealed echinococcal cysts within the kidney.

Findings:

Surgical excision of the intracerebral lesions resolved the epileptic convulsions.
Renal echinococcal cysts were successfully treated with partial nephrectomy.
The patient remained disease-free for 8 years post-treatment.

Implications:

This case highlights the diverse clinical manifestations of echinococcal disease.
It underscores the importance of considering echinococcosis in cases of unexplained neurological and renal cystic lesions.
Successful surgical and medical management can lead to long-term patient recovery.