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.
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.
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