title: CT findings of hydatid cyst with unusual location: infratemporal fossa.
abstract: Hydatid disease has a high incidence in the countries of the temperate zones such as Turkey. Only few cases in the head and neck region have been reported in the literature. Our case, an unusual localization of hydatidosis, i.e. hydatid disease of the infratemporal fossa of a 9-year-old male patient suffering from a swelling of the left maxillary region which was diagnosed by CT, is presented. The lesion visualized on CT images was compressing the neighbouring structures. The possible diagnosis was made based on the images obtained from CT examination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Numune State Hospital, Umitköy, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pasaoglu
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Damgaci
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tokoglu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yildirim
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Alp
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yüksel
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003287:Contrast Media; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology*; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009915:Orbit / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009960:Oropharynx / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D019291:Skull Base / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014421:Turkey; D015050:Zygoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media