Multiple hydatid cysts of the brain: A case report and review of the literature

1998 ◽  
Vol 21 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 181-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurullah Yüceer ◽  
Mehmet Bahadn Güven ◽  
Hasan Yilmaz
Medicina ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (12) ◽  
pp. 771
Author(s):  
Milosavljevic ◽  
Veselinovic ◽  
Tadic ◽  
Galun ◽  
Ceranic ◽  
...  

We present a case report that demonstrates diagnostic and intraoperative challenges in the laparoscopic management of initially unrecognized splenic hydatid disease. A male patient, aged 44, was admitted to our department with a big unilocular splenic cyst, radiologically (ultrasonography, computed tomography) characterized as a simple cyst. Serological tests for anti-Echonococcus antibody were negative, and chests X-ray findings were unremarkable, so laparoscopic cyst fenestration with omentoplasty was planned. The intraoperative finding did not correspond to a simple splenic cyst. Hydatid daughter cysts were recognized after the careful opening of the cyst wall. The operation was completed without shifting to open procedures. Laparoscopic partial pericystectomy with omentoplasty is a safe and effective surgical procedure for the management of splenic hydatid disease.


2008 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Turgut ◽  
Yelda Özsunar ◽  
Serkan Öncü ◽  
Orhan Akyüz ◽  
Mustafa B. Ertuğrul ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 364-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehdi Gaha ◽  
Raphaëlle Souillard-Scemama ◽  
Catherine Miquel ◽  
Sylvie Godon-Hardy ◽  
Olivier Naggara ◽  
...  

CNS Spectrums ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 121-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Douglas Miles ◽  
Laurie McWilliams ◽  
Wendy Liu ◽  
David C. Preston

AbstractWegener granulomatosis (WG) is an uncommon, idiopathic disorder that is characterized by granulomatous inflammation of the upper and lower respiratory tract, disseminated vasculitis involving small and medium-sized vessels, and focal segmental glomerulonephritis. Approximately 25% to 50% of patients have nervous system involvement. The brain is less frequently involved. We report a case of a 74 year-old previously well woman who presented with rapidly progressing WG that culminated in subarachnoid hemorrhage. Only six cases of subarachnoid hemorrhage in the setting of WG have previously been reported. We review the common presenting signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and complications of WG.


2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. e12685
Author(s):  
Damiano Patrono ◽  
Francesco Tandoi ◽  
Giorgia Rizza ◽  
Giorgia Catalano ◽  
Stefano Mirabella ◽  
...  

1993 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 377-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Turgay Bilge ◽  
Şeref Barut ◽  
Semra Bilge ◽  
Yunus Aydin ◽  
Bilgin Aksoy ◽  
...  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul T. Parks ◽  
Alexander S. Easton

Extraintestinal complications of ulcerative colitis include isolated case reports of cerebral vasculitis. In this case report, we describe autopsy findings in a 50-year-old female who died as a result of massive multifocal cerebral hemorrhage. Microscopic examination of the left colon showed findings typical for ulcerative colitis. Examination of the brain showed an extensive vasculitis. More affected vessels were noted in grey matter than in white matter. Many showed fibrinoid necrosis, invasion by neutrophils and thrombosis. There was extensive perivascular hemorrhage with associated infarction. Vessel analysis shows most of the vessels to have been venous rather than arterial. There were no perivascular sleeves of demyelination to suggest a primary demyelinating disorder, such as acute hemorrhagic leucoencephalitis. Our analysis shows that veins are the likely target of cerebral vasculitis in ulcerative colitis. This has clinical implications because venous occlusion generally causes massive intracerebral hemorrhage with a high mortality.


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