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Raj Kumar1, Samir Kumar Kalra, A K Mahapatra
1Department of Neurosurgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India. rajkumar@sgpgi.ac.in
Abstract:
Eleven cases of intraventricular neurocysticercosis were managed over a 10-year period. All patients presented with features of hydrocephalus. In 9 cases the cysts were blocking the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pathway resulting in hydrocephalus. The 4 cases of lateral ventricular cyst had communicating hydrocephalus, while 2 of these had asymmetrical ventriculomegaly. Two of 4 cases had more than one cyst. One of 4 children with lateral ventricular cyst had narrowing of the foramen of Monro causing asymmetrical hydrocephalus. Following cyst removal, CSF diversion was not required in 6 cases, while 5 required CSF diversion despite removal of their cysts in 4 of 5. One patient had a cyst at the aqueductal inlet and he was managed by shunt and albendazole therapy. Thus, we managed 6 of our cases with excision of the cysts obstructing the CSF pathway, and in 4 cases excision of cysts with ventriculoperitoneal shunt was adequate.
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