Orbital Hydatid Cyst Causing Papilledema and Proptosis in an Adult.
Hydatid cyst is an infectious disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus, primarily involving the liver and lungs. The orbit is an extremely rare site for involvement with hydatid cyst. We present a 36-year-old man with unilateral visual loss, proptosis, and papilledema caused by an orbital hydatid cyst.
Department of Neurosurgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Mousa
M
Taghipour
Department of Neurosurgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Electronic address: nima_med83@yahoo.com.
Nima
N
Derakhshan
Department of Neurosurgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Arash
A
Saffarian
Pathology Department, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Amirreza
A
Dehghanian
D000328:Adult; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D010211:Papilledema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery
Hydatid cyst; Iran; Orbit; Papilledema; Proptosis