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INTERDISCIPLINARY NEUROSURGERY-ADVANCED TECHNIQUES AND CASE MANAGEMENT
Volume 36, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.inat.2023.101878
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Cerebral; Hydatid cyst; Brain; Hydatidosis
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Brain hydatidosis is a rare disease that may remain asymptomatic for a long time. This case report describes a patient with multiple cysts in the brain, who presented with symptoms such as headaches and blurred vision. MRI results revealed the presence of multiple hydatid cysts in the brain.
Brain hydatidosis is a rare disease which may have no symptoms or sign for a long time. In this case report, the woman 46-year-old has had a typical multiple cysts in the right parieto-occipital lobe of brain for years that it seems to be silent for long time because eight cysts formed on brain cavity. The patient with vague headaches and blurred vision and cerebrovascular accident, clogged arteries, and stutter symptoms was referred to the Vali-eAsr Hospital in Arak, located in Markazi Province, central of Iran. The results of the CT scan and MRI revealed multiple hydatid cyst in brain due to the surgery on of the cyst was ruptured, and the cavity was washed with silver nitrate solution for prevention of secondary hydatid cyst. After the surgery, the patient woke up with full consciousness and general well-being. In patients with hydatid cyst, it should be considered as a differential diagnosis of lesions related to the cystic space of the brain.
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