Intraventricular Hydatidosis



Fig. 7.1
(a) Axial T1-weighted image and (b) T2-weighted MRI showing two large hydatid cysts with the smaller cysts pushed anteriorly



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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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