Orbital Hydatid Cyst Causing Papilledema and Proptosis in an Adult

Mousa Taghipour; Nima Derakhshan; Arash Saffarian; Amirreza Dehghanian

doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.03.030

Orbital Hydatid Cyst Causing Papilledema and Proptosis in an Adult

World Neurosurg. 2017 May:101:811.e1-811.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.03.030. Epub 2017 Mar 16.

Authors

Mousa Taghipour¹, Nima Derakhshan², Arash Saffarian¹, Amirreza Dehghanian³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Electronic address: nima_med83@yahoo.com.
³ Pathology Department, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

PMID: 28323190
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.03.030

Abstract

Hydatid cyst is an infectious disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus, primarily involving the liver and lungs. The orbit is an extremely rare site for involvement with hydatid cyst. We present a 36-year-old man with unilateral visual loss, proptosis, and papilledema caused by an orbital hydatid cyst.

Keywords: Hydatid cyst; Iran; Orbit; Papilledema; Proptosis.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Echinococcosis / complications
Echinococcosis / diagnostic imaging*
Echinococcosis / surgery
Exophthalmos / diagnostic imaging*
Exophthalmos / etiology
Exophthalmos / surgery
Humans
Male
Orbital Diseases / complications
Orbital Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Orbital Diseases / surgery
Papilledema / diagnostic imaging*
Papilledema / etiology
Papilledema / surgery