PMC5321155_01
A) axial T1 weighted MR image shows a large hypointense parietal cystic lesion; B) sagittal T1 weighted MR image shows daughter cysts; C) coronal T2 weighted MR image shows mass effect and shift of the midline structures
PAMJ-25-58-g001.jpg
PMC5321155_01_PAMJ-25-58-g001.jpg
f0001
T1-weighted images (Figure 1 (A,B)) and hyperintense lesions on T2-weighted images (Figure 1 C). The walls of the cyst were hypointense on T1- and T2-weighted images (Figure 1) and contain few peripheral daughter cysts.
Large hydatid cyst delivered without rupture
PAMJ-25-58-g002.jpg
PMC5321155_01_PAMJ-25-58-g002.jpg
f0002
After craniotomy the entire cyst was removed without rupture during the dowling technique (Figure 2).
Postoperative CT shows total removal of the lesion
PAMJ-25-58-g003.jpg
PMC5321155_01_PAMJ-25-58-g003.jpg
f0003
Postoperative CT confirmed total removal of the lesion (Figure 3) she was discharged from the hospital on postoperative Day 5.