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INTRACRANIAL HYDATID DISEASE, WITH REPORT OF A CASE
Author(s) -
Miller Douglas,
Fleming Justin
Publication year - 1948
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1948.tb03001.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hydatid cyst , hydrocephalus , calcification , echinococcosis , disease , meningitis , radiology , general surgery , surgery , pathology , cyst
S ummary 1. Primary hydatid cyst of the brain with calcification of the ectocyst and secondary echinococcosis is described. 2. The Casoni test gave a negative result. 3. Post‐operative internal hydrocephalus developed. 4. Post‐mortem examination disclosed a basal meningitis causing ventricular obstruction.