Cerebral alveolar hydatidosis: Case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 575-581

  Topsakal, Cahide ^c   Aydin, Yunus ^d   Aydin, Faruk ^a   Şahin, Yüksel ^d   Bilge, Turgay ^d   Kasaroǧlu, Derya ^d   Delibalta, Nesrin ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Taksim Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Taksim State Hospital   (Turkey)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Alveolar hydatid cyst; cerebral alveolar hydotidosis; echinococcosis; echinococcus multilocularis; multiple cerebral metastases

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; BENZIMIDAZOLE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; MEBENDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDATID CYST; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CYST; LUNG HYDATID CYST; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 0347836413     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0090-3019(95)00474-2     Document Type: Article

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