title: Multiple hydatid cysts of the brain: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Multiple hydatid cysts of the brain are uncommon and may be either primary or secondary. We report a 12-year-old child with multiple hydatid cysts of the brain occurring 1 year after surgical rupture of a primary large and infected cerebral hydatid cyst. Surgical removal of hydatid cysts was successfully performed. Albendazole (10 mg/kg twice daily for 12 weeks) was administered to the patient in the postoperative stage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Yüzüncü Yil University, School of Medicine, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yüceer
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Güven
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
mesh_terms: D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics; D015766:Albendazole