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A 39-year-old woman was admitted to hospital with headaches, vomiting, psychic impairment and diplopia. Three hydatid cysts of the lung had been previously removed. An avascular mass in the left hemisphere with left-to-righ displacement of the anterior cerebral arteries was noted during a brain angioscintigraphy. A computed tomography (CT) brain scan showed two cystic lesions situated in the left-frontal and occipital regions. A CT abdominal scan showed multiple cysts in the liver, spleen and both kidneys. At operation, two brain cysts were totally extirpated without rupture. The definite pathological diagnosis was secondary hydatid cysts. The headaches, vomiting and diplopia were persistent in the post-operative period. Seven days after the operation, a CT brain scan showed an infratenrorial cyst. The patient rejected any surgical intervention.
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Banzo, J., Diaz, F.J., Pina, J.I. et al. Multiple cerebral hydatid cysts. Eur J Nucl Med 9, 561–563 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00256857
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