Fig. 7.1
(a) Axial T1-weighted image and (b) T2-weighted MRI showing two large hydatid cysts with the smaller cysts pushed anteriorly
Fig. 7.2
(a) Coronal T2-weighted MRI showing a large cyst with daughter cysts filling the fourth ventricle. (b) Sagittal contrast image demonstrating no contrast enhancement
Primary and secondary hydatidoses of the brain are discussed in Chap. 6.
Intraventricular Hydatidosis
Multiple intracranial hydatid cysts are rare and are seen in about 10–15 % of intracranial hydatidosis (Ugur et al. 1998). Ruggiardo, in 1902, was the first to report the perforation of the ventricle by an intracerebral cyst (Valentino 1959). A literature search in PubMed revealed numerous reports of supratentorial intraventricular hydatid cysts (Negovetic et al. 1990; Lunardi et al. 1991; Peker et al. 1991; Cataltepe et al. 1992; Diren et al. 1993; Karadağ et al. 2004; Ciurea et al. 2006; Kamath et al. 2009; Mohindra et al. 2012) and only 9 reports of solitary cysts in the fourth ventricle (Rahimizadeh and Hadadian 1984; Pau et al. 1987; Gelabert Gonzalez et al. 1988; Singounas et al. 1992; Turgut 2001; Bukte et al. 2004; Furtado et al. 2009; Duishanbai et al. 2010; Mohindra et al. 2012). Turgut (2002) described a 13 % incidence of intraventricular hydatidosis based on a meta-analysis of all reported intracranial hydatidosis cases in the pediatric and adolescent group in Turkey. Table 7.1 provides a comprehensive list of all cases with intraventricular hydatidosis in indexed literature to date.
Table 7.1
Summary of selected cases with intraventricular hydatidosis published in indexed literature to date
Author(s) | Country | Year | Patient age (years), sex | Location | No. of cases/cysts | Presentation | Outcome |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Filipov and Karag’ozov | Bulgaria | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
Djindjian and Porot | France | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
Valentino | Italy | 17, F | Lateral ventricle | 1 case | Headache, vomiting | Favorable | |
Borne | France | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
Kaya et al. | Turkey | 21, F | Lateral ventricle | 1 case | Headache, personality changes, papilledema | Multiple recurrences | |
Turkey | 8, F | Lateral ventricle | 1 case | Headache, papilledema, diplopia | Favorable | ||
Turkey | 12, M | Lateral ventricle | 1 case | Headache, vomiting, papilledema | Favorable | ||
Turkey | 13, F | Lateral ventricle | 1 case | Foster Kennedy syndrome, optic atrophy, seizure | Postoperative death | ||
Rahimizadeh and Hadadian | Iran | 12, M | Fourth ventricle | 1 case | Headache, vomiting, ataxia | Favorable | |
Pau et al. | Italy | 11, F | Lateral ventricle | Multiple | Hemiparesis | Favorable | |
Italy | 58, M | Fourth ventricle | Multiple | Drowsiness, hemiparesis | Died | ||
Gelabert Gonzalez et al. | Spain | NA | Fourth ventricle | 1 case | NA | A | |
Negovetic et al. | Yugoslavia | 20, F | Lateral ventricle | Multiple | Headache, seizure | Favorable | |
Peker et al. | Turkey | 15, M | Fourth ventricle and lateral ventricle | Multiple | Headache, nausea | Died | |
Cataltepe et al.a | Turkey | NA | Lateral ventricle | 12 cysts | NA | NA | |
Turkey | NA | Fourth ventricle | 3 cysts | NA | NA | ||
Turkey | NA | Aqueduct of Sylvius | 1 cyst | NA | NA | ||
Turkey | NA | Third ventricle | 3 cysts | NA | NA | ||
Copley et al. | South Africa | 12, F | Lateral ventricle | Multiple | Headache, dizziness | Favorable | |
South Africa | 7, M | Lateral ventricle | 1 case | Proptosis | Favorable | ||
Singounas et al. | Greece | 33, F | Fourth ventricle | 1 case | Headache, seizure | Favorable | |
Diren et al. | Turkey | 10, F | Lateral ventricle | 1 case | Headache, visual deterioration | No follow-up | |
Altinörs et al. | Turkey | NA | Intra- or periventricular | 9 cases | NA | NA | |
Turkey | NA | Aqueduct of Sylvius | 1 case | NA | NA | ||
Onal et al. | Turkey | NA | NA | 5 cases | NA | NA | |
Turgut b | Turkey | NA | Lateral ventricle | 14 cases | NA | NA | |
Turkey | NA | Third ventricle | 4 cases | NA | NA | ||
Turkey | NA | Fourth ventricle | 3 cases | NA | NA | ||
Turkey | NA | Aqueduct of Sylvius | 2 cases | NA | NA | ||
Turkey | NA | Not specified | 4 cases | NA | NA | ||
Aydin et al. | Turkey | 18, M | Lateral ventricle | Multiple | Headache, blurred vision | Favorable | |
Karadag et al. | Turkey | 45, F | Lateral ventricle | 2 cysts | Seizure | Favorable | |
Sherwani et al. | India | 10, F | Lateral ventricle | 1 case | Headache, seizure | Favorable | |
Bukte et al. | Turkey | 7, F | Fourth ventricle | 1 case | Cerebellar signs, ataxia | Favorable | |
Evliyaoglu and Keskil | Turkey | 7, F | Lateral ventricle | 1 case | Headache, nausea, spasticity, cerebellar signs | Favorable | |
Iyigun et al. | Turkey | 2, M | Lateral ventricle | Multiple | Focal neurological deficit | Favorable
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