[Autochthonous cases of cranial echinococcosis].

The above case-report of Echinococcosis involving the vault presents some noteworthy features, namely:--its occurence in a patient who has never left continental France;--it represents a vault localisation in which, despite the large size attained by the cyst, the latter has remained well-circumscribed;--X-ray examination revealed important condensation reactions without newbone formation and calcification of the cyst wall.