title: Atypical radiological findings in cerebral hydatid disease.
abstract: Cerebral hydatid disease is very rare, representing only 2% of all cerebral space occupying lesions. The diagnosis is usually based on a pathognomonic CT pattern. Exceptionally, the image is atypical raising suspicion of many differential diagnoses such as intracerebral infectious, vascular lesions, or tumors. We report 2 atypical cases of cerebral hydatid cysts diagnosed in a 21, and a 24-year-old woman. The CT scan results suggest oligodendroglioma in the first case and brain abscess in the second. An MRI was helpful in the diagnosis of the 2 cases. Both patients underwent successful surgery with a good outcome. The hydatid nature of the cyst was confirmed by histology in both cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Hassan II, Fez, Morocco. benzagmout@hotmail.fr
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Benzagmout
authors.forename: Mustapha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maaroufi
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chakour
authors.forename: Mohammed E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Chaoui
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020807:Central Nervous System Parasitic Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery; D004446:Echinococcus / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult