Cerebral Cystic Echinococcosis

Abolghasem Siyadatpanah; Enrico Brunetti; Amir Emami Zeydi; Yousef Dadi Moghadam; Nelson Iván Agudelo Higuita

doi:10.1155/2020/1754231

Cerebral Cystic Echinococcosis

Case Rep Infect Dis. 2020 Feb 29:2020:1754231. doi: 10.1155/2020/1754231. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Abolghasem Siyadatpanah¹, Enrico Brunetti², Amir Emami Zeydi³, Yousef Dadi Moghadam⁴, Nelson Iván Agudelo Higuita⁵

Affiliations

¹ Ferdows School of Paramedical and Health, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.
² University of Pavia, Unit of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, IRCCS San Matteo Hospital Foundation, Pavia, Italy.
³ Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Nasibeh School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
⁴ Student Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
⁵ Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA.

Abstract

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a neglected helminthic disease and major public health problem in several regions of the world. The zoonosis is caused by the larval stage of different cestode species belonging to the genus Echinococcus. CE can affect any organ with the liver and lungs being most commonly involved. The brain is involved in less than 2% of the cases. We report a case of a CE1 echinococcal cyst of the brain in an Iranian patient.

Publication types

Case Reports