Abstract
We herein present a 32-year-old Lebanese woman with a history of cardiac hydatid cyst presenting with headache, confusion, and right arm clumsiness. A CT of the head showed hemorrhagic infarct of the left fronto-parietal lobe. Eleven months later, the subsequent development of hydatid cysts within the necrotic area of the infracted hemisphere suggested a cerebral hydatid embolism of cardiac origin. In patients with a positive history of hydatid disease, hydatid embolism should be considered in the differential diagnosis of stroke in young patients.
Article Type
Case Report
First Page
275
Last Page
276
Recommended Citation
Kanj, Ali H.; Fares, Youssef H.; Yehya, Raafat R.; and Hamzeh, Feyrouz F.
(2010)
"Unusual appearance of a cerebral hydatid cyst as a hemorrhagic infarct,"
Neurosciences: Vol. 15:
Iss.
4, Article 10.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/1658-3183.1814