Pandey Sharad, Pandey Deepa, Shende Neeraj, Sahu Anurag, Sharma Vivek
Department of Neurosurgery, Sir Sunderlal Hospital, IMS, BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Department Clinical Microbiology, DLW, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Surg Neurol Int. 2015 Aug 18;6:138. doi: 10.4103/2152-7806.163177. eCollection 2015.
Echinococcosis in humans occurs as a result of infection by the larval stages of taeniid cestodes of the genus echinococcus. Intracranial hydatid cysts usually develop at an intraparenchymal site. Hydatid cyst within the cerebral ventricle is quite unusual.
We reviewed the literature on adult intraventricular hydatid cyst and found case reports mainly in children with an only handful of cases in adults. We reported a rare case of cerebral intraventricular (left lateral ventricle) hydatid cyst in a 21-year-old adult female.
Although cerebral hydatid cysts are most commonly seen in children and young adults cerebral intraventricular hydatid cyst are comparatively rarer in adults.
The possibility of infection with Echinococcus granulosus should be included in the differential diagnosis of raised intracranial hypertension in patients from endemic areas.
人类棘球蚴病是由棘球绦虫属带绦虫的幼虫阶段感染所致。颅内包虫囊肿通常发生在脑实质部位。脑室内包虫囊肿非常少见。
我们回顾了有关成人脑室内包虫囊肿的文献,发现病例报告主要是儿童,成人病例很少。我们报告了一例21岁成年女性罕见的脑室内(左侧脑室)包虫囊肿病例。
虽然脑包虫囊肿最常见于儿童和年轻人,但脑室内包虫囊肿在成人中相对少见。
来自流行地区的患者出现颅内高压时,鉴别诊断应考虑感染细粒棘球绦虫的可能性。