CEREBRAL CYST WITHOUT LOCALIZING SYMPTOMS

Fever without Localizing Signs

The list of microbes that cause fever in children is extensive. Relative importance of specific agents varies with age, season, and associated symptoms. The focus of this chapter is the febrile child with occult bacterial infection. Table 14-1 shows the most common causes of serious bacterial infection in children younger than 3 months. The division at 1 month is not absolute; considerable over...

Ultrasonography is an accurate technique for the diagnosis of gastrointestinal tumors in patients without localizing symptoms.

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES This study compared the accuracy of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of gastrointestinal tumors in patients with several degrees of clinical suspicion. MATERIAL AND METHODS We recruited patients that were suspect for gastrointestinal neoplasia but with no evidence of localizing symptoms (group A), and patients that were suspect for colon cancer (group B) or for gas...

Ependymal cyst and psychiatric symptoms.

Recurrence of a Cerebral Hydatid Cyst

Our case is an example of primary hydatid cyst disease with a parietal cystic lesion with welldefined borders in the right parietal lobe on MRI. Definitive treatment is complete removal of the cystic lesion by surgery followed up with medical treatment with Albendazole to avoid recurrence. Since our patient refused surgery, she was given 15mg/kg/day Albendazole. As stated above, our patient is ...

[Two cases of rare cerebral hydatid cyst].

Hydatid cyst disease (Echinococcosis) is a parasitic illness that is rarely located in the brain. Primary cerebral hydatid cyst disease is rarely seen. We report here rare two cases presenting with sixth cranial nerve palsy with increased intracranial pressure syndrome due to primary cerebral hydatid cyst. A 5-year-old female and a 13-year-old boy complained of headache, strabismus, nausea, and...