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The case of a 9-year-old-boy with a left frontal hydatid cyst is reported. The infection was transmitted by a dog, the final host and a companion of the child. Recovery without complications was accomplished after puncturing, systemic antihelminthic therapy using mebendazole and, finally, total removal of the cyst.
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Braunsdorf, E.W., Schmidt, D. & Rautenberg, M. Cerebral manifestation of hydatid disease in a child. Child's Nerv Syst 4, 249–251 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00270924
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