Cerebral echinococcosis: Case report and literature review.

Autor: Trueba-Argamasilla AA; Servicio de Microbiología y Parasitología, H. C. U. Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain. Electronic address: andrea.trueba.8@gmail.com., Iborra-Bendicho MA; Servicio de Microbiología y Parasitología, H. C. U. Virgen de la Arrixaca, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain., Simón-Páez M; Servicio de Microbiología y Parasitología, H. C. U. Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain., Ros-de San Pedro J; Servicio de Neurocirugía, H. C. U. Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain., Segovia-Hernández M; Servicio de Microbiología y Parasitología, H. C. U. Virgen de la Arrixaca, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica (English ed.) [Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed)] 2023 Feb; Vol. 41 (2), pp. 107-110. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jul 28.
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimce.2022.07.004
Abstrakt: 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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Databáze: MEDLINE
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