title: Parasellar epidural hydatid cysts.
abstract: We report two rare cases of parasellar epidural hydatid cysts. Among the 64 patients with intracranial hydatid cysts we have treated in the past 20 years, only these two cases were located epidurally. Because the location and the computed tomographic characteristics were so different from the other cysts, the preoperative diagnosis was difficult to make. We were unable to remove the cysts without rupturing them because they were tightly surrounded. Both patients underwent surgery twice because of a recurrence. The treatment of this kind of case requires further discussion.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Xinjiang Medical College, Urumqi, China.
authors: H R
authors: HR
authors: Guo
authors: Y J
authors: YJ
authors: Lu
authors: Y H
authors: YH
authors: Bao
authors: T R
authors: TR
authors: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004824:Epidural Space; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D012658:Sella Turcica; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed