Echinococcosis and alveococcosis of the brain in the practice of a neurosurgeon (a review literature and clinical cases)

The article presents an overview of modern scientific publications on echinococcosis and alveococcosis the brain, which occur in 1–4 % cases among all volumetric formations central nervous system. Despite fact that these parasitic diseases are more common endemic areas developing countries Asia, South America, Australia New Zealand, isolated clinical observed everywhere, including due to population migration, they must bedifferentiated, first all, from intracerebral cysts, abscesses, cystic tumors. Clinical manifestations brain include development hypertensive symptoms, focal neurological deficit, convulsive syndrome (with cortical localization cysts). possibilities diagnostic methods (among main role is played by neuroimaging methods, such as multislice computed tomography magnetic resonance imaging using contrast/paramagnet), surgical medical treatment patients with brain. also describes two own observations who were hospitalized neurosurgical department Regional Hospital (Krasnoyarsk).