Calcified cerebral hydatid cyst.
A 32-year-old patient with a lifelong history of epileptic attacks is described. A skull X-ray showed a round calcified nonhomogenous left frontotemporal mass. A CT scan confirmed its presence, as well as displacement of the left lateral and the third ventricles. At surgery a calcified inactive hydatid cyst was totally removed. Full recovery took place two months later. A differential diagnosis of hydatic cysts should be made when a calcified brain mass is found in patients from an endemic echinococcosis area.
D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed