Giant intracranial hydatid cyst: A report of two cases and literature review

Abstract

Hydatid disease is a zoonosis caused by Taenia echinococcus. The three main varieties Echinococcus granulosus, E. multilocularis and E. vogeli are primarily found in dogs and are transmitted to man by fecal–oral route. Commonly affected organs are liver, lungs and spleen. Brain is involved only in 2-5% cases. The authors herein present two cases of giant intracranial hydatid cysts managed at department of neurosurgery, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, India.

Key words

Echinococcus - hydatid cyst - taenia - zoonosis

• References

• 1 Dharkar SR, Vikram M. Hydatid disease in Ramamurthi and Tandon’s Textbook of Neurosurgery. 3^rd ed B.I. Churchill Livingstone; New Delhi: 2011. p 794-799
• 2 Gupta S, Desai K, Goel A. Intracranial hydatid cyst: A report of five cases and review of literature. Neurol India 1999; 47: 214-217
• 3 Chaussier Un cas de paralysis dcs members inferieurs. J Med Chir Pharmacol 1807; 14: 231-237
• 4 Jiménez-Mejías ME, Castillo-Ojeda E, Cuello Contreras JA, García Gutiérrez D, Romero Arce J, Pachón Díaz J. Cerebral hydatidosis. Analysis of a series of 23 cases. Med Clin (Bare) 1991; 97: 125-132
• 5 Ersahin Y, Matluer S, Suzelbag E. Intracranial hydatid cysts in children. Neurosurgery 1993; 33: 219-224
• 6 Cavusoglu H, Tuncer C, Ozdilmac A, Aydin Y. Multiple intracranial hydatid cysts in a boy. Turk Neurosurg 2009; 19: 203-207
• 7 Gana R, Skhissi M, Maagili R, Bellakhdar F. Multiple infected cerebral hydatid cysts. J Clin Neurosci 2008; 15: 591-593
• 8 Aydin MD, Ayadin N. A cerebral hydatid cyst case first presenting with Gerstman’s syndrome: A case report and literature review. Turk J Med Sci 2003; 3: 57-60
• 9 Andronikon S, Welman C, Kader E. Classic and unusual appearances of hydatid disease in children. Pediatr Radiol 2002; 32: 817-828
• 10 Pedrosa I, Saíz A, Arrazola J, Ferreirós J, Pedrosa CS. Hydatid disease: Radiologic and pathologic features and complications. Radiographics 2001; 20: 795-817
• 11 Nemati A, Kamgarpour A, Murtaza R, Nazari SS. Giant cerebral hydatid cyst in a child: A case report and review of literature. British Journal of medical practitioners 2010; 3: a338
• 12 Balasubramanium V, Ramanujam PB, Ramamurthi B. Hydatid disease of the nervous system. Neurol India 1970; 18: 92-95
• 13 Trivedi A, Shukla S, Singh K, Sharma V. Giant intracranial hydatid cyst. J Pediatr Neurosci 2007; 2: 72-74