title: [Retrobulbar Hydatid Cyst: A Case Report].
abstract: Hydatid cyst is an infectious disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus, transmitted by dogs and encountered mostly in liver and lungs. As the central nervous system involvement is considered, retrobulbar disease is seen pretty rarely. In this subject; a patient complaining from an impaired vision diagnosed as hydatid cyst disease via radiological imagings and histopathological findings.
authors.affiliation: Şişli Etfal Hamidiye Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Patoloji Bölümü, İstanbul, Türkiye. ozbena@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Özben
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Yalçın
authors.forename: Tülay
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Başak
authors.forename: Rabia
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yakar
authors.forename: Fatih Mert
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Doğukan
authors.forename: Erdem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ergen
authors.forename: Fevziye
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kabukçuoğlu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission*; D004285:Dogs; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000628:therapy / Q000635:transmission; D048209:Echinococcus granulosus; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography; D055815:Young Adult