Cerebrovascular occlusive disease: hydatidosis.
We reviewed six patients with cerebral hydatid embolism from the heart. Although hydatid disease is becoming less common in the world as a whole, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of embolic stroke in children, especially in the infested areas where hydatidosis is endemic.
Turgut
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Department of Neurosurgery, Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Aydin, Turkey.
Bayülkem
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed