title: Three unusual cases of intracranial hydatid cyst in the pediatric age group.
abstract: Three unusual cases of hydatid disease with central nervous system involvement are reported in the pediatric age group: a 9-year-old boy with a total number of 12 intracranial secondary hydatid cysts; a 13-year-old girl admitted in areflexia who survived after cyst puncture and successive mass removal, and a 14-year-old boy with a huge intracranial hydatid cyst weighing 770 g which was extracted without rupture. The article discusses the surgical problems, and the related literature is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul University, Istanbul School of Medicine, Capa, Turkey.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Onal
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Barlas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Orakdögen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hepgül
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Izgi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Unal
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed