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Cerebral echinococcosis: Case report and literature review
Andrea Amparo Trueba-Argamasilla1, María Asunción Iborra-Bendicho2, Marina Simón-Páez1
1Servicio de Microbiología y Parasitología, H. C. U. Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain.
Abstract:
Echinococcosis is a zoonosis caused by the larval form of the cestode Echinococcus granulosus. The cerebral affectation in the human is uncommon; only in 1-2% cases is observed encephalic involvement. This condition occurs mainly in the pediatric population and it is characterized by the presence of single and unilocular cysts. We report a case of a 29-year-old patient who came to the emergency department with a disabling headache of several weeks of evolution. In the brain imaging study a mass of unknown origin was visualized, finally it turned out to be a bilobed hydatid cyst. Regarding this case, the clinic-epidemiological, diagnostics and treatments aspects of cerebral hydatid disease will be reviewed.
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