Giant Brain Hydatid Cyst in an Adult: A New Case Report
Cystic echinococcosis is an important zoonotic disease that occurs in humans and mammals in general, which causes considerable economic loss and poses health concerns in different parts of the world. The patient involved in this case report was a 28-year old man living in Birjand city who had been s...
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| description | Cystic echinococcosis is an important zoonotic disease that occurs in humans and mammals in general, which causes considerable economic loss and poses health concerns in different parts of the world. The patient involved in this case report was a 28-year old man living in Birjand city who had been suffering from intermittent headache, nausea and vomiting for the past two weeks. The other symptoms presented by the patient were dizziness, blurred vision, seizures and imbalance. The patient only complained of headache in the last two weeks and had no symptoms of visual or speech impairment. He had a history of consuming raw vegetables, but did not have canine contact. In brain computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, a large cyst was evident in his brain. The patient was admitted to Razi Hospital in Birjand and followed-up by surgical treatment of the hydatid cyst, with no complications observed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8086aa151adb4f6bb526d99c258141a02023-02-15T16:15:26ZengGalenos YayineviTürkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi2146-30772146-30772021-03-01451767910.4274/tpd.galenos.2020.692113049054Giant Brain Hydatid Cyst in an Adult: A New Case ReportKazem Ghaemi0Mohamad Ali Masoudifar1Marouf Mehdi2Rahmat Solgi3Amir Tavakoli Kareshk4 Birjand University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Birjand, İran Birjand University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Birjand, İran Birjand University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Birjand, İran Birjand University Faculty of Medicine, Infectious Disease Research Center, Birjand, İran Birjand University Faculty of Medicine, Infectious Disease Research Center, Birjand, İran Cystic echinococcosis is an important zoonotic disease that occurs in humans and mammals in general, which causes considerable economic loss and poses health concerns in different parts of the world. The patient involved in this case report was a 28-year old man living in Birjand city who had been suffering from intermittent headache, nausea and vomiting for the past two weeks. The other symptoms presented by the patient were dizziness, blurred vision, seizures and imbalance. The patient only complained of headache in the last two weeks and had no symptoms of visual or speech impairment. He had a history of consuming raw vegetables, but did not have canine contact. In brain computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, a large cyst was evident in his brain. The patient was admitted to Razi Hospital in Birjand and followed-up by surgical treatment of the hydatid cyst, with no complications observed. http://www.turkiyeparazitolderg.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/giant-brain-hydatid-cyst-in-an-adult-a-new-case-re/46800 hydatid cystbrainbirjand |
| spellingShingle | Kazem Ghaemi Mohamad Ali Masoudifar Marouf Mehdi Rahmat Solgi Amir Tavakoli Kareshk Giant Brain Hydatid Cyst in an Adult: A New Case Report Türkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi hydatid cyst brain birjand |
| title | Giant Brain Hydatid Cyst in an Adult: A New Case Report |
| title_full | Giant Brain Hydatid Cyst in an Adult: A New Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Giant Brain Hydatid Cyst in an Adult: A New Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Giant Brain Hydatid Cyst in an Adult: A New Case Report |
| title_short | Giant Brain Hydatid Cyst in an Adult: A New Case Report |
| title_sort | giant brain hydatid cyst in an adult a new case report |
| topic | hydatid cyst brain birjand |
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