A 13-year-old girl with a cystic cerebellar lesion: consider the hydatid cyst.
We report a 13-year-old girl with a hydatid cyst located in the posterior fossa. The pre-operative diagnosis was a cerebellar tumour; the cyst was operated on using puncture, aspiration, irrigation and resection. Sixteen months post-operatively, the patient is in a good health. A hydatid cyst must always be considered in the differential diagnosis of cystic lesions of the cranium, especially for those children living in rural areas.
Is
Merih
M
Duzce University, School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, 81620 Konuralp, Duzce, Turkey. merihis@yahoo.com
Gezen
Ferruh
F
Akyuz
Fevzullah
F
Aytekin
Hikmet
H
Dosoglu
Murat
M
D000293:Adolescent; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods