Open AccessGiant primary cerebral hydatid cyst: A rare cause of childhood seizure
Author(s) -
Shilpa Arora,
Anju Aggarwal,
Varsha Datta
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1745.131495
Subject(s) - medicine , histopathology , vomiting , hydatid cyst , atrophy , cyst , epilepsy , epileptic seizure , pathology , radiology , surgery , psychiatry
We report a 9-year-old girl who presented with focal seizures, hemiparesis, headache, vomiting and bilateral optic atrophy. CT scan revealed a giant solitary cyst in the left parietal lobe. Serology and histopathology of the excised cyst confirmed the diagnosis of neurohydatidosis which is a rare cause of childhood seizure.