[Cerebral alveolar echinococcosis. Apropos of a surgically-treated case. Review of the literature].
The authors present a case of a cerebral echinococcosis in a male farmer operated upon 9 and 6 years ago for pulmonary and hepatic localisations of Alveolar Echinococcosis. Cerebral lesions were diagnosed by CT scan and MRI and were totally removed. The follow-up was uneventful. A review of the literature revealed only eighteen previously reported surgical cases. The authors comment the epidemiology of this endemic parasitic disease, and the particular aspects of its cerebral localisation.
Jacquet
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Service de Neurochirurgie, Hôpital Jean-Minjoz, Besançon.
Godard
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Czorny
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D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Echinococcose alvéolaire cérébrale. A propos d'un cas opéré. Revue de la littérature.