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Watch this #neurosurgery for massive #parasitic #Hydatid #cyst and you will witness a satisfying delivery. (Not my case, found online)
The primary treatment of brain hydatid cysts is surgery and the main goal of the neurosurgical intervention is to excise the cyst without rupture to prevent recurrence and anaphylactic reaction. Postop, albendazole is recommended for 1–3 months.
Hydatidosis is a parasitic disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus. Brain involvement occurs in 1–2% of infections. Symptoms = headache, vomiting, body weakness, behavioral alterations, & skull deformity. Brain hydatid cysts may grow up 1–5 cm in a year and the presenting… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟬:Wojciech “Al” Krotoski et al publish a report in the British Medical Journal describing a dormant liver stage of #Plasmodium cynomolgi in Rhesus macaques. These dormant liver stages, called "hypnozoites" are postulated to be the cause of relapses of this #malaria species 
- Image references: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…; ajtmh.org/view/journals/…
- References: https://t.co/QDyaZSACDa; https://t.co/zzZPG6Ze3M; link.springer.com/article/10.100…
- References: https://t.co/QDyaZSACDa; https://t.co/zzZPG6Ze3M; link.springer.com/article/10.100…
𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟭: In 1981, Dr William C. Campbell of the Merck Institute for Therapeutic Research in the US, published "An Introduction to the Avermectins" which described a new series of compounds with potent antiparasitic properties against nematode & arthropod #parasites.
