Primary cerebral intraventricular hydatid cyst: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 585-588

  Guzel, Aslan ^a   Tatli, Mehmet ^a   Maciaczyk, Jaroslaw ^b   Altinors, Nur ^c  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cerebral intraventricular hydatid cyst; Echinococcus

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDATID CYST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 42449147955     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807309791     Document Type: Article

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