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Vol. 13. Issue 3.
Pages 216-218 (January 2002)
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Vol. 13. Issue 3.
Pages 216-218 (January 2002)
Oclusión de la arteria cerebral media tras la embolización de material parasitario hidatídico en una paciente en la edad pediátrica: caso clínico
Middle cerebral artery oclussion after cerebral hydatic embolism in a pediatric patient: case report
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Los accidentes vasculares cerebrales son una complicación muy infrecuente de la hidatidosis, Se presenta en caso de una paciente de edad pediátrica, que sufrió un infarto cerebral debido a la oclusión de la arteria cerebral media derecha; desarrollando posteriormente múltiples quistes hidatídicos en el territorio de este vaso. A pesar de que las pruebas diagnósticas no consiguieron detectar un foco primario de hidatidosis, los datos clínicos existentes hablan a favor de un embolismo parasitario con origen cardiaco.

Palabras clave:
Hidatidosis cerebral
Embolismo cerebral
Infarto cerebral
Summary

Stroke is a very uncommon complication of hydatic disease. The case of a pediatric patient who suffered cerebral infarction due to the occlussion of the right middle cerebral artery, and who subsequently developed multliple hydatic cysts in the territory of the occluded vessel, is presented. Even though the diagnostic tests aimed to detect a primary focus of the disease were negative, the existing data support the possibility of a cardiac embolic origin.

Key words:
Brain hydatic disease
Parasitic embolism
Brain infarction

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