title: Cranial epidural hydatid cysts: clinical report and review of the literature.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Deparment of Neurosurgery, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. berker5@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Berker
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cemil
authors.forename: Kagan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tun
authors.forename: Ahmet G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Gurcay
authors.forename: Ayca
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uygur
authors.forename: Erkan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kaptanoglu