title: [Cerebral hydatic cysts in children].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Brain cysts caused by Echinococcus granulosus are rare; they occur during childhood in endemic areas.
  
  
  METHODS
  Six children, aged to 8.5-years old (mean age: 5.5 years) were admitted from 1989 to 1994 because they suffered from progressive intracranial hypertension. The brain CT-scan showed typical features of supratentorial, unilocular (four cases) or multilocular (two cases) cysts. Three children had positive serological test; two had another cyst into their lung or liver and the third had generalized cysts. This last patient died post-operatively while the five others recovered after excision of cysts.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Any progressive intracranial hypertension in endemic areas requires brain CT-scan that clearly identifies the cyst and its location.
authors.affiliation: Service de pédiatrie, urgences et consultations externes, hôpital d'Enfants, Tunis-Jebbari, Tunisie.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ben Becher
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cheour
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ben Hassine
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hlioui
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Houas
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ghram
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hammou
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Boudhina
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Les kystes hydatiques cérébraux chez l'enfant.