Unusual appearance of a cerebral hydatid cyst as a hemorrhagic infarct.
We herein present a 32-year-old Lebanese woman with a history of cardiac hydatid cyst presenting with headache, confusion, and right arm clumsiness. A CT of the head showed hemorrhagic infarct of the left fronto-parietal lobe. Eleven months later, the subsequent development of hydatid cysts within the necrotic area of the infracted hemisphere suggested a cerebral hydatid embolism of cardiac origin. In patients with a positive history of hydatid disease, hydatid embolism should be considered in the differential diagnosis of stroke in young patients.
Department of Neuroradiology, Hammoud Hospital, University Medical Center, Sidon, Lebanon.
Ali H
AH
Kanj
Youssef H
YH
Fares
Raafat R
RR
Yehya
Feyrouz F
FF
Hamzeh
D000328:Adult; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology*; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods