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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Cerebral hydatid disease. Imaging features
Journal of Neuroradiology, Volume 33, No. 5, Year 2006
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Cerebral hytatid cysts (HC) are extremely rare, forming 2% of all intra cranial space occupying lesions even in counties where the disease is endemic. HC diagnosis is usually based on a pathognomonic computed tomography (CT) pattern. In order to assess the value of MR we reviewed the CT (n=25) and magnetic resonance (MR, n=4 including diffusion and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in 1) imaging of 25 patients with pathologically confirmed cerebral hydatid disease. 19 HC were seen in children under 16 years. All were supra tentorial with 22 in the middle cerebral artery territory. HC was solitary in 18 cases, unilocular in 23 and multi-vesicular in 2 with heavily calcified pericyst in 1. 2 cysts were intra ventricular and 1 intra aqueducal. The most typical features were well defined, smooth thin walled spherical or oval cystic lesions of CSF density and/or signal with considerable mass effect (20/25). Surrounding oedema with complete or incomplete rim enhancement was seen in 3 cases which were labelled as complicated and/or infected cysts. Although CT is diagnostic of hydatid disease in almost all cases (22/25), MRI including diffusion and spectroscopy precisely demonstrate location, number, cyst capsule, type of signal and enhancement and allows diagnosis of atypical or complicated HC and appears more helpful in surgical planning. © 2006. Elsevier Masson SAS. Tous droits réservés.
Authors & Co-Authors
Tlili-Graiess, Kalthoum
Tunisia, Sousse
Chu Sahloul
El-Ouni, Fatma
Tunisia, Sousse
Chu Sahloul
Gharbi-Jemni, H.
Tunisia, Sousse
Chu Sahloul
Arifa, Nadia
Tunisia, Sousse
Chu Sahloul
Moulahi, H.
Tunisia, Sousse
Chu Sahloul
Mrad-Dali, Kaouthar
Tunisia, Sousse
Chu Sahloul
Guesmi, H.
Tunisia, Sousse
Chu Sahloul
Abroug, Saoussen
Tunisia, Sousse
Chu Sahloul
Yacoub, Moncef
Tunisia, Sousse
Hopital Farhat Hached Sousse
Krifa, Hédi
Tunisia, Sousse
Chu Sahloul
Statistics
Citations: 22
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/s0150-9861(06)77288-1
ISSN:
01509861
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health