title: A Case of Alveolar Echinococcosis Presenting as Cerebral and Spinal Intradural Metastases.
abstract: Alveolar echinococcosis is a chronic and serious, even lethal, parasitic infection caused by the helminth Echinococcus multilocularis. The involvement of Central Nervous System is reported to be 1-3% in literature. Brain involvement is considered a sign of the terminal phase of alveolar echinococcosis. We here in reported a 67-year-old female who had liver alveolar hydatid disease with brain and spinal intradural metastases.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Medical Park Hospital, Elazığ, Turkey.
authors.forename: Guneri
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Atalan
authors.affiliation: Division of Radiology, Kasımpaşa Military Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ali Kemal
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Sivrioglu
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Radiology, GATA Haydarpaşa Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Güner
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sönmez
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Harput State Hospital, Elazığ, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mahir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Celik
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Microbiology, Kasımpaşa Military Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Berksan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Simsek
keywords: Alveolar echinococcosis; cerebral cystic lesions; head-ache; spinal