title: Cerebral intraventricular echinococcosis in an adult.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Echinococcosis in humans occurs as a result of infection by the larval stages of taeniid cestodes of the genus echinococcus. Intracranial hydatid cysts usually develop at an intraparenchymal site. Hydatid cyst within the cerebral ventricle is quite unusual.
  
  
  METHODS
  We reviewed the literature on adult intraventricular hydatid cyst and found case reports mainly in children with an only handful of cases in adults. We reported a rare case of cerebral intraventricular (left lateral ventricle) hydatid cyst in a 21-year-old adult female.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Although cerebral hydatid cysts are most commonly seen in children and young adults cerebral intraventricular hydatid cyst are comparatively rarer in adults.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The possibility of infection with Echinococcus granulosus should be included in the differential diagnosis of raised intracranial hypertension in patients from endemic areas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Sir Sunderlal Hospital, IMS, BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Sharad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.affiliation: Department Clinical Microbiology, DLW, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Deepa
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Sir Sunderlal Hospital, IMS, BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Neeraj
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shende
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Sir Sunderlal Hospital, IMS, BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Anurag
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sahu
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Sir Sunderlal Hospital, IMS, BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Vivek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sharma
keywords: Adult; Echinococcosis; cerebral intraventricular hydatid cyst; children