title: Calcified intracranial hydatid cyst: case report.
abstract: We present a 26-year-old patient who did farming related work had an asymptomatic intracranial hydatid cyst. A calcified intracranial cystic mass was found on radiological investigations and the patient underwent surgery. The mass was totally excised. The histopathology result reported a hydatid cyst. There were no postoperative complications. Calcification is quite rare in cerebral hydatid cyst. The computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging provide information that is especially useful for preoperative diagnosis. Observing membrane detachment and daughter cysts during these investigations is pathognomonic. The presence of calcification in the cyst wall and intracystic membranes indicated hydatid cyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey. enderkoktekirnrs@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ender
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Köktekir
authors.forename: Yavuz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Erdem
authors.forename: Cevdet
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gökçek
authors.forename: Mete
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karatay
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yılmaz
authors.forename: Mehmet Akif
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bayar
authors.forename: Sua
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sümer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed