A 4-Year-Old Child with a Giant Cerebral Hydatid Cyst: A Case Report.

Autor: Işık AD; Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Marmara University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Türkiye., Sönmez Ö; Department of Neurosurgery, Marmara University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Türkiye., Erdemli PC; Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Marmara University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Türkiye., Kepenekli E; Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Marmara University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Türkiye., Ergenç Z; Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Marmara University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Türkiye., Yılmaz S; Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Marmara University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Türkiye., Tuncay SA; Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Marmara University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Türkiye., Parlak B; Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Marmara University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Türkiye., Dağçınar A; Department of Neurosurgery, Marmara University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Türkiye.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Iranian journal of parasitology [Iran J Parasitol] 2024 Jan-Mar; Vol. 19 (1), pp. 113-116.
DOI: 10.18502/ijpa.v19i1.15218
Abstrakt: Echinococcosis is the most common cestode infection globally caused by the Echinococcus species. The most common organ involvement is the lungs and liver, but other organs can be rarely involved. Here, we present a case with a giant cerebral hydatid cyst. A 4-year-old boy presented with abnormal gait and walking at Marmara University School of Medicine Pendik Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye in September 2022. Cranial magnetic resonance imaging showed a cyst of 13 cm in diameter. The cyst was enucleated successfully with no rupture. Oral albendazole therapy was started. There was no eosinophilia, and the echinococcal indirect hemagglutination test was negative. Ultrasonography detected an anechoic cystic lesion in the liver. He was evaluated for deep-organ involvement; however, no cysts were detected in other organs. The histopathological examination was compatible with a hydatid cyst. Although intracranial hydatid disease in children is rare, it should be considered among the differential diagnoses in patients with neurological symptoms, especially in endemic regions.
Competing Interests: Conflict of Interest The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests.
(Copyright© 2024 Dizi Işık et al. Published by Tehran University of Medical Sciences.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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