Silent intracerebral hydatid cyst presenting with atypical neurologic deficits

Hydatid Cyst with Atypical Localization. Case Report

Adrenal Cyst Presenting as Hepatic Hydatid Cyst

Introduction. Although adrenal cysts are uncommon, the incidence rate is increasing with the advances in radiological technologies. The incidental detection of adrenal cysts nowadays has become more frequent as a result of the increase usage of high quality imaging modalities. Adrenal cysts originate from the adrenal gland and can be classified into either true or pseudocyst. Presentation of Ca...

Hydatid Cyst Presenting With Endobronchial Rupture.

Diagnosis of lung hydatidosis becomes difficult with unusual radiographic findings especially with rupture of hydatid cyst. Here we present the case of a patient who presented with hydatid cyst with endobronchial rupture. A 40-year-old woman presented with a 3-year history of cough with mucoid expectoration, breathlessness on exertion, intermittent fever and left-sided chest pain. Chest radiogr...

Silent Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst-A Diagnostic Dilemma

A 9-year old girl came to the medicine outpatient department (OPD) with a history suggestive of upper respiratory tract infection. No improvement was seen even after 2 weeks of treatment and the patient was admitted. Routine chest X-ray revealed dense homogenous opacity involving the right lower zone with obliteration of costophrenic angle. CT scan showed thick walled cystic lesion occupying th...

MR imaging of an intracerebral hydatid cyst.

We describe the CT and MR findings in a 1 0-year-old boy who presented with a 5-year history of headache, often relieved by vomiting. He had had a seizure approximately 1 year prior to admission and a second seizure 1 month before admission. The patient had performed poorly in school. On examination, there was a left-sided weakness and bilateral papilledema. The boy lived on a farm , where he p...