Uncommon Localizations of Echinococcosis: Primary Cerebral and Cardiac Hydatid Cyst - Abstract
Hydatid cyst disease is endemic, occurs following accidental ingestion of eggs released from the intestine of the definitive hosts and commonly invades the liver and the lungs. A man with a large cyst intracranial, with symptoms of intracranial hypertension and a solitary cardiac cyst is presented. The cyst was removed after suitable craniotomy. A review of the literature is presented.