Cranial epidural hydatid cysts: clinical report and review of the literature.
BACKGROUND
Cerebral hydatidosis accounts for approximately 1-3% of all cases of hydatid disease.


METHODS
In this report, 32-year-old female with epidural multilocular hydatid cysts in the midline posterior parietal region is reported.


RESULTS
Most commonly, cerebral hydatid cysts are single lesions and locate in the watershed of the middle cerebral artery.


CONCLUSIONS
However, cerebral epidural hydatid cysts seem to have a tendency occurring around in the highly vascularized venous sinus.
Cemil
Berker
B
Deparment of Neurosurgery, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. berker5@yahoo.com
Tun
Kagan
K
Gurcay
Ahmet G
AG
Uygur
Ayca
A
Kaptanoglu
Erkan
E