Kaushik Kaviraj, Choudhary Ajay, Ahuja Arvind, Varshney Rahul, Sharma Rajesh
Department of Neurosurgery, Atal Bihari Vajpeyi Institute of Medical Sciences and RML Hospital, Delhi.
Department of Pathology, Atal Bihari Vajpeyi Institute of Medical Sciences and RML Hospital, Delhi.
Surg Neurol Int. 2021 Oct 25;12:541. doi: 10.25259/SNI_512_2021. eCollection 2021.
Hydatid cyst is a common zoonotic condition in endemic areas. Intraventricular hydatid cyst is a rare entity with less than 50 cases published in literature. (also called ) is very rare in intracranial hydatid cysts. Only a single case report of this sign exists in literature in intraventricular hydatidosis suggesting rupture of hydatid cyst leading to CSF dissemination and frequent poor outcome.
This case report describes the successful management of a 5-year-old child who presented with signs and symptoms of raised intracranial pressure due to large intraventricular hydatid cyst in the right frontal horn, and magnetic resonanace imaging of the brain showed hydatid cyst with typical camalote sign.
Although very rare, the presence of camalote sign in intraventricular cysts is very categorical in establishing preoperative diagnosis of hydatid cyst, especially in endemic areas.
包虫囊肿是流行地区常见的人畜共患病。脑室内包虫囊肿是一种罕见的疾病，文献报道不足50例。（也称为）在颅内包虫囊肿中非常罕见。文献中仅有一例关于脑室内包虫病此体征的病例报告，提示包虫囊肿破裂导致脑脊液播散，且预后通常较差。
本病例报告描述了一名5岁儿童的成功治疗过程，该患儿因右侧额角巨大脑室内包虫囊肿出现颅内压升高的体征和症状，脑部磁共振成像显示包虫囊肿伴有典型的“卡马洛特征”。
尽管非常罕见，但脑室内囊肿中出现“卡马洛特征”对于术前诊断包虫囊肿非常具有决定性意义，尤其是在流行地区。
