Hydatidosis of the Spine
Fig. 9.1 Cyst removed from a vertebral body Fig. 9.2 Large open cyst with multiple daughter vesicles inside The clear, yellow hydatid fluid contains sodium chloride, proteins, lipids, polysaccharides, and…
Unusual Presentations of Hydatidosis of the Central Nervous System
Fig. 21.1 The vascular dissemination of hydatidosis Calvarium Hydatid disease in the calvarium is usually the rarest in the CNS. Anatomically, the bones of the calvarium, which has a protective…
Surgical Treatment of Spinal Hydatidosis
Fig. 14.1 Posteriorly located intradural extramedullary hydatid cyst can be seen on sagittal T1-weighted MRI. The cyst was compressing the spinal cord from the posterior aspect at the T7–8 level…
Complications of Spinal Hydatidosis
Fig. 18.1 A 73-year-old man presented with increasing low back and leg pain. Plain lumbar spinal radiography showed a compression fracture within the L2 vertebra as well as the “absent…
Hydatidosis of the Brain
Author(s) Year Number of cases Sex ratio (M:F) Mean age (years) Gupta et al. 1999 5 3:2 13.4 Khaldi et al. 2000 117 Slight male predominance 7.2 Bükte et al….
Imaging of Spinal Hydatid Disease
Fig. 12.1 (a) Spinal hydatid cysts (arrows). (b) Spinal hydatid preoperative view (arrows). (c) Spinal hydatid resected specimen (arrows) (Courtesy of D. Chowdhury, MD) Patients with hydatid disease usually present…
Hydatidosis of the Skull
Author(s) Country Year of publication No. of cases Site of involvement Radiological study Outcome Arseni and Samitca Romania 1957 1 Skull X-ray NS Orman and Roux South Africa 1968 2…
Hydatidosis of the Spinal Cord
Author(s), year Country Age and gender Localization Neurological status Neuroimaging Outcome Bartel (1928) France NA Cervical NA NA NA Deve (1928) France NA Cervical, ID, EM NA NA NA Rauzier…
Outcome and Follow-up of Patients with Cerebral Hydatidosis
Fig. 19.1 Enormous numbers of cysts of different sizes in a case of cranial hydatid disease in frontal region involving orbit with spread into the intracranial epidural space. Recurrence of…
Alveolar Hydatidosis of the Central Nervous System
Country Year Host Poland 1995–2006 Fox 1955–2007 Human Slovenia 2006–2007 Human Hungary 1988 Human 2003, 2008–2009 Fox Slovakia 1999, 2001 Fox 2009 Dog 2000–2008 Human Bulgaria 1980 Rodents Turkey 1934,…
