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Multiple hydatid cysts of the brain: A case report and review of the literature

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Multiple hydatid cysts of the brain are uncommon and may be either primary or secondary. We report a 12-year-old child with multiple hydatid cysts of the brain occuring 1 year after surgical rupture of a primary large and infected cerebral hydatid cyst. Surgical removal of hydatid cysts was successfully performed. Albendazole (10 mg/kg twice daily for 12 weeks) was administered to the patient in the postoperative stage.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Yüzüncü Yil University, School of Medicine, Van, Turkey

    Nurullah Yüceer &  Mehmet Bahadn Güven M.D.

  2. Department of Microbiology and Clinic Microbiology, Yüzüncü Yil University, School of Medicine, Van, Turkey

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Yüceer, N., Güven, M.B. & Yilmaz, H. Multiple hydatid cysts of the brain: A case report and review of the literature. Neurosurg. Rev. 21, 181–184 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02389329

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