Removal of Brain Hydatid Cyst through Burr-Hole Operation (Case Report)
16 Pages Posted: 5 May 2020
Date Written: April 4, 2020
Abstract
Brain involvement occurs in 2–3% of patients with systemic echinococcosis. Children are most often affected and, in countries where echinococcosis is common, up to 50% of all childhood CNS “tumors” prove to be echinococcal cysts, life saving rapid burr hole aspiration of cyst with total removal of cyst membrane with the use of hypertonic solution as cidal agent with pre and post operative antiprotozoal is very successful procedure in emergency deteriorating patient with brain hydatid.
Keywords: HD (hydatid disease), CT brain (computerized tomography scan of brain), GCS (Glasgow Coma Scale)
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Almusawi, Dr. Ali Abbas Hashim, Removal of Brain Hydatid Cyst through Burr-Hole Operation (Case Report) (April 4, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3568443 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3568443
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