Role of neuroendoscopy in the treatment of large viable cysticerci in the brain parenchyma.

Br J Neurosurg

Hospital General 'Dr Miguel Silva', Secretaria De Salud De Michoacan, Morelia, Mochoacan, Mexico.

Published: October 2008

Neuroendoscopy has never been used for diagnosis-making and removal of large parenchymal viable parasites associated with severe mass effect. Satisfactory and complication-free removal of the parenchymal cysticerci was achieved after neuroendoscopical diagnosis in a patient with parenchymal parasites, with immediate remission of clinical alterations related to raised intracranial pressure.

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