Possible spontaneous "birth" of a hydatid cyst into the lateral ventricle

Intraventricular hydatid cyst is an extremely rare entity. We report a solitary hydatid cyst in a lateral ventricle. A 7-year-old girl had a free floating intraventricular cyst, diagnosed by computerized tomography examination inside the enlarged left lateral ventricle of an associated Dandy Walker...

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Published inChild's nervous system Vol. 21; no. 5; pp. 425 - 428
Main Authors Evliyaoğlu, Cetin, Keskil, Semih
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Germany 01.05.2005
Subjects
Arachnoid Cysts - complications
Arachnoid Cysts - surgery
Cerebral Ventriculography - methods
Child
Dandy-Walker Syndrome - complications
Dandy-Walker Syndrome - surgery
Echinococcosis - etiology
Echinococcosis - pathology
Echinococcosis - surgery
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Lateral Ventricles - pathology
Lateral Ventricles - surgery
Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods
Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods
Ventriculostomy - methods
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Summary:Intraventricular hydatid cyst is an extremely rare entity. We report a solitary hydatid cyst in a lateral ventricle. A 7-year-old girl had a free floating intraventricular cyst, diagnosed by computerized tomography examination inside the enlarged left lateral ventricle of an associated Dandy Walker malformation. The patient underwent surgery and the cyst was removed. To our knowledge, this is the first case report in which the natural developmental phases of an intraventricular hydatid cyst have been observed.
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ISSN:0256-7040
1433-0350
DOI:10.1007/s00381-004-1042-z