Cerebral echinococcosis multilocularis. Case report.
Cerebral occurrence of Echinococcus multilocularis is very rare and there is no widely accepted therapeutical method. In this report we present a case with an intracranial mass lesion and a palpable hepatic mass, which appeared to be due to Echinococcus multilocularis in the histopathological examination.
Pamir
M N
MN
Department of Neurosurgery, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ozer
A F
AF
Keles
G E
GE
Tözün
N
N
Gürmen
N
N
Küllü
S
S
D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed