Disseminated cerebral hydatid disease (multiple intracranial echinococcosis).
Patricia Svrckova;
Laura Nabarro;
Peter L Chiodini;
Hans Rolf Jäger;
(2018)
Disseminated cerebral hydatid disease (multiple intracranial echinococcosis).
Practical neurology, 19 (2).
pp. 156-163.
ISSN 1474-7758
DOI: 10.1136/practneurol-2018-001954
Intracranial echinococcosis is relatively uncommon and usually occurs in the context of echinococcal lesions elsewhere in the body, mostly liver and lung. Multiple intracranial lesions can result from rupture of an initial single intracranial cyst (in cystic echinococcosis) or from dissemination of systemic disease of the lung, liver or heart (cystic and alveolar echinococcosis). The two main subtypes, cystic and alveolar echinococcosis, present differently and have distinct imaging features in the brain. We discuss the presentation, imaging findings and clinical course of three cases (two cystic and one alveolar) of intracranial echinococcal disease in adults.
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