title: Huge hemispheric intraparenchymal cyst caused by Taenia multiceps in a child. Case report.
abstract: The authors report an unusual case of a huge intraparenchymal cyst in a 4-year-old girl caused by Taenia multiceps infection. After surgical removal of the cyst, the child recovered completely. Brain infestation by coenurus is a rare disease, mainly reported in Africa, with a few case reports from patients in developed countries. Humans, especially young children, become intermediate hosts by ingesting eggs passed in the excrement of a definitive host, usually carnivores. In such cases, high mortality and morbidity rates have been reported. These rates decreased after the introduction of the modem neuroradiological techniques of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Soroka University Medical Center and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel. moni@bgu.ac.il
authors.forename: Mony
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Benifla
authors.forename: Revital
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barrelly
authors.forename: Ilan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shelef
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: El-On
authors.forename: Avi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Emanuela
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cagnano
mesh_terms: D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000980:Antiplatyhelmintic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020863:Central Nervous System Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D011223:Praziquantel / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013621:Taenia; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000980:Antiplatyhelmintic Agents; D011223:Praziquantel; D015766:Albendazole