Hydatid cyst of the cranial vault.
Only 0.5 to 2% of hydatid cysts are localized in the skeleton and of these, 3 to 4% are found in the skull. In this paper, the authors report a case of primary hydatidosis involving the cranial vault revealed by a bulging mass of the forehead and symptoms of raised intracranial pressure that occurred in a 22-year-old woman who came from a rural area. Through this case and literature review, the authors analyse the epidemiological, clinical and radiological aspects of skull hydatidosis. They conclude that hydatid cyst should be considered in the differential diagnosis of any soft tissue swelling or osteolytic lesion in the scalp of patients living in endemic areas.
Limaiem
Faten
F
Department of Pathology, La Rabta Hospital Bab Saâdoun 1007 Tunis, Tunisia. fatenlimaiem@yahoo.fr
Bellil
Selma
S
Bellil
Khadija
K
Chelly
Ines
I
Mekni
Amina
A
Kallel
Jalel
J
Haouet
Slim
S
Zitouna
Moncef
M
Kchir
Nidhameddine
N
D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003399:Craniotomy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D048209:Echinococcus granulosus; D005260:Female; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D006261:Headache; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014839:Vomiting; D055815:Young Adult; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology
D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D015766:Albendazole