Isolated Cerebral Alveolar Echinococcosis. (14th December 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Baldolli, Aurélie; Bonhomme, Julie; Yera, Hélène; Grenouillet, Frederic; Chapon, Françoise; Barbier, Charlotte; Hazera, Pascal; Verdon, Renaud
• Is Part Of: Open forum infectious diseases. Volume 6:Number 1(2019)
• Publication Date: 2018-12-14
• Subjects: abscess -- cerebral -- Echinococcus multilocularis -- primary lesion; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofy349
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2328-8957

Abstract

Abstract: Cerebral alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is rare and mostly associated with liver involvement. We report an exceptional case of a 62-year-old man with a hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia harboring a primary cerebral AE mimicking neurocysticercosis with >100 cerebral lesions and without liver involvement.