title: Successful surgical treatment of a thalamic hydatid cyst with contralateral transcallosal approach. Case report and review of the literature.
abstract: An extremely rare case of a thalamic hydatid cyst is presented and the literature is reviewed. A right thalamic hydatid cyst without rim enhancement or perifocal edema was detected by computed tomography and magnetic resonance. This lesion was extirpated successfully with intact contents via contralateral transcallosal approach. To our knowledge, this is the second hydatid cyst of the thalamus, an unusual location, and the first hydatid cyst to be removed completely with intact contents reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Erciyes University, Medical School, Kayseri, Turkey. kurtsoya@hotmail.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kurtsoy
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Oktem
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Koç
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akdemir
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Menkü
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tucer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004446:Echinococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D013788:Thalamus / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*