[Cerebral hydatid cyst in children in the Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia: apropos of a case].
Case report of a 12 years old female child who developed in the last seven months focal neurological signs and progressive intracranial hypertension. CT scan showed a giant cystic tumor, and cerebral hydatidosis has been diagnosed. The hydatic cyst was surgically removed without complications. Cerebral hydatidosis is rare, its diagnosis is clinical and tomographic, and the treatment is always surgical.
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Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú.
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Aguirre
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Noriega
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Alva
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Fuentes-Dávila
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Alaba
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D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Quiste hidatídico cerebral en niños en el Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia: a propósito de un caso.