ACCIDENTAL DRAINAGE OF A CEREBRAL HYDATID CYST INTO THE PERITONEAL CAVITY

ACCIDENTAL DRAINAGE OF A CEREBRAL HYDATID CYST INTO THE PERITONEAL CAVITY

Intracranial hydatidosis is more common in children than in adults. The most severe complication is anaphylactic response after direct rupture into the subarachnoid spaces. We report a case of brain hydatid cyst that was accidentally drained into the peritoneal cavity and was not complicated by an a...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2004-07, Vol.23 (7), p.685-686
Hauptverfasser: Daskas, Nikolaos, Aggelopoulos, Efstathios, Tzoufi, Meropi, Kosta, Paraskevi, Siamopoulou, Antigone, Argyropoulou, Maria I
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Sprache:eng
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Biological and medical sciences
Child
Diagnosis, Differential
Diseases caused by cestodes
Echinococcoses
Echinococcosis - diagnostic imaging
Echinococcosis - surgery
Female
Helminthic diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Parasitic diseases
Peritoneum - parasitology
Rupture, Spontaneous
Telencephalon - parasitology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:Intracranial hydatidosis is more common in children than in adults. The most severe complication is anaphylactic response after direct rupture into the subarachnoid spaces. We report a case of brain hydatid cyst that was accidentally drained into the peritoneal cavity and was not complicated by an anaphylactic response or dissemination.
ISSN:0891-3668
1532-0987
DOI:10.1097/01.inf.0000131635.16646.c6