Surgical Management Of Cerebral Hydatid Cyst

Résumé

The cerebral location of the hydatid cyst represents, according to the literature, 2% of brain lesions. This parasitosis, after having crossed the two hepatic and pulmonary barriers, can be localized in any superficial or deep cerebral zone, hemispherical or subtentorial.

The clinical presentation  is represented by an  intracranial hypertension  and a topographical syndrome and in rare cases by a deterioration of the state of consciousness, the neuro-radiological image is pathognomonic of the hydatid cyst.

We report a series of 18 patients of different ages operated on for cerebral hydatid cyst at the Annaba neurosurgery department over a period of 24 years.

Brain cyst surgery is special because it uses a hydro-dissection technique in order to remove the cyst in its entirety and try to avoid causing it to rupture at all costs and thus avoid recurrences.

The prognosis of these cysts depends on the number, location and quality of surgical excision.