Yangtze Medicine, 2020, 4, 79-83 https://www.scirp.org/journal/ym ISSN Online: 2475-7349 ISSN Print: 2475-7330 DOI: 10.4236/ym.2020.41007 Mar. 30, 2020 79 Yangtze Medicine Intracerebral Calcific Hydatic Cyst Mimicking Calcific Hematoma: A Case Report N. D. A. Bankole 1,2* , M. Denou 1,2 , M. C. Sayore 1,2 , A. Melhaoui 1,2 , M. Boutarbouch 1,2 , Y. Arkha 1,2 , A. Elouahabi 1,2 , L. Rifi 1,2 1 Service de Neurochirurgie de l’Hôpital Des Spécialités Rabat, Morocco 2 Mohammed v University in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco Abstract Introduction: Hydatid cyst intracranial is an endemic parasitosis and rare of the order of 1% to 4% of the cases. The calcified cerebral hydatid cyst is even more exceptional, we report a case collected in our service to illustrate the difficulties of diagnosis and the management. We will not discuss the out- come. Case Report: We reported a 22-year-old female which presented to right body, seizures of the type Bravais Jackson with facial participation, headache, dizziness, pre-critical and post critical seizures evolving over a month, and subsequently followed by a heaviness of the right hemi-body re- sponsible for mowing when walking. She was hospitalized for management after performing a CT scan and brain MRI. The surgical treatment consisted of a left parietal flap with a complete excision of a process whose macroscopic appearance first evoked a calcified hydatid cyst confirmed by histology. Con- clusion: The cerebral calcified hydatid cyst remains an exceptional pathology with some difficulties in diagnosis and management. Keywords Cyst Hydatid Calcific, Intracerebral Cyst, Hydatid Disease 1. Introduction The cerebral localization of the hydatid cyst is rare in the order of 1% to 4% of the cases [1]. Hydatid disease (echinococcosis) is a worldwide zoonosis pro- duced by the larval stage of the Echinococcus tapeworm [2]. In humans, the two main types of hydatid disease are caused by Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus multilocularis [3]. Calcification is very rare but seen more How to cite this paper: Bankole, N.D.A., Denou, M., Sayore, M.C., Melhaoui, A., Boutarbouch, M., Arkha, Y., Elouahabi, A. and Rifi, L. (2020) Intracerebral Calcific Hydatic Cyst Mimicking Calcific Hemato- ma: A Case Report. Yangtze Medicine, 4, 79-83. https://doi.org/10.4236/ym.2020.41007 Received: June 4, 2019 Accepted: March 27, 2020 Published: March 30, 2020 Copyright © 2020 by author(s) and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access