Intracerebral Calcific Hydatic Cyst Mimicking Calcific Hematoma: A Case Report

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Résumé

ntroduction: Hydatid cyst intracranial is an endemic parasitosis and rare ofthe order of 1% to 4% of the cases. The calcified cerebral hydatid cyst is evenmore exceptional, we report a case collected in our service to illustrate thedifficulties of diagnosis and the management. We will not discuss the out-come. Case Report: We reported a 22-year-old female which presented toright body, seizures of the type Bravais Jackson with facial participation,headache, dizziness, pre-critical and post critical seizures evolving over amonth, and subsequently followed by a heaviness of the right hemi-body re-sponsible for mowing when walking. She was hospitalized for managementafter performing a CT scan and brain MRI. The surgical treatment consistedof a left parietal flap with a complete excision of a process whose macroscopicappearance first evoked a calcified hydatid cyst confirmed by histology. Con-clusion: The cerebral calcified hydatid cyst remains an exceptional pathologywith some difficulties in diagnosis and management.

Mots-clés

Cyst Hydatid Calcific, Intracerebral Cyst, Hydatid Disease