Possible spontaneous "birth" of a hydatid cyst into the lateral ventricle.
BACKGROUND
Intraventricular hydatid cyst is an extremely rare entity. We report a solitary hydatid cyst in a lateral ventricle.


METHODS
A 7-year-old girl had a free floating intraventricular cyst, diagnosed by computerized tomography examination inside the enlarged left lateral ventricle of an associated Dandy Walker malformation. The patient underwent surgery and the cyst was removed.


CONCLUSIONS
To our knowledge, this is the first case report in which the natural developmental phases of an intraventricular hydatid cyst have been observed.
Evliyaoğlu
Cetin
C
Department of Neurosurgery, Kirikkale University School of Medicine, Turkey. cevliyaoglu@hotmail.com
Keskil
Semih
S
D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D014695:Cerebral Ventriculography / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D003616:Dandy-Walker Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D020547:Lateral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014696:Ventriculostomy / Q000379:methods