Primary Solitary Hydatid Cyst of Brain in a 12-Year-Old Boy: A Case Report

Hydatidosis is a zoonotic disease caused by Echinococcus parasite that frequently involves liver and lungs. Primary intracranial hydatidosis is a rare condition which can be life threatening if ruptured. Here we report an unusual case of primary intracranial hydatid cyst without any other organ invo...

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Autores principales: RAVANBAKHSH, Naeem, RABIEE, Navid, AHMADI, Jalal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7028231/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32099572
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description Hydatidosis is a zoonotic disease caused by Echinococcus parasite that frequently involves liver and lungs. Primary intracranial hydatidosis is a rare condition which can be life threatening if ruptured. Here we report an unusual case of primary intracranial hydatid cyst without any other organ involvement, diagnosed in a 12-year-old boy in Emam Reza hospital, Birjand, Iran in November 2016, in order to focus on the importance of proper diagnosis and management, especially in endemic areas.
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spelling pubmed-70282312020-02-25 Primary Solitary Hydatid Cyst of Brain in a 12-Year-Old Boy: A Case Report RAVANBAKHSH, Naeem RABIEE, Navid AHMADI, Jalal Iran J Parasitol Case Report Hydatidosis is a zoonotic disease caused by Echinococcus parasite that frequently involves liver and lungs. Primary intracranial hydatidosis is a rare condition which can be life threatening if ruptured. Here we report an unusual case of primary intracranial hydatid cyst without any other organ involvement, diagnosed in a 12-year-old boy in Emam Reza hospital, Birjand, Iran in November 2016, in order to focus on the importance of proper diagnosis and management, especially in endemic areas. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC7028231/ /pubmed/32099572 Text en Copyright© Iranian Society of Parasitology & Tehran University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Primary Solitary Hydatid Cyst of Brain in a 12-Year-Old Boy: A Case Report
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title_full Primary Solitary Hydatid Cyst of Brain in a 12-Year-Old Boy: A Case Report
title_fullStr Primary Solitary Hydatid Cyst of Brain in a 12-Year-Old Boy: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Primary Solitary Hydatid Cyst of Brain in a 12-Year-Old Boy: A Case Report
title_short Primary Solitary Hydatid Cyst of Brain in a 12-Year-Old Boy: A Case Report
title_sort primary solitary hydatid cyst of brain in a 12-year-old boy: a case report
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