Successful Surgical Excision of a Gigantic Cerebral Hydatid Cyst
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Bülent Tucer; Kulaksizoglu O; Hidayet Akdemir; Ahmet Menkü; Ali Kurtsoy
- Source
- min - Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery. 47:61-64
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Neuronavigation
Adolescent
Cerebral hydatid cyst
Hydatid cyst
Severity of Illness Index
Lesion
Postoperative Complications
Echinococcosis
parasitic diseases
Rare case
medicine
Humans
Brain Diseases
medicine.diagnostic_test
biology
business.industry
Magnetic resonance imaging
General Medicine
biology.organism_classification
Surgery
Echinococcus
Female
Surgical excision
Neurology (clinical)
medicine.symptom
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 1439-2291
0946-7211
In this study, an extremely rare case of a gigantic cerebral hydatid cyst is presented. A right frontotemporal hydatid cyst was detected by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imag-ing. This lesion was extirpated successfully with intact contents with the aid of a neuronavigation system. The literature is reviewed and possible postoperative complications are discussed with the published reports.