Cysticercosis is caused by infection with the larval form of porcine tapeworm, Taenia solium. Infection and disease are increasingly recognized not only in many areas of the developing world but also in industrialized nations without endemic
disease,
principally because of the migration of infected persons. Neurocysticercosis is the most frequently encountered parasitic infestation of the central nervous system.
The clinical course of 35 patients with neurocysticercosis who underwent surgery to control inreased intracranial pressure or mass effect is analyzed. Of these, 15 were parenchymal type, 8 racemose type, 3 intraventricular type, 3 cisternal cyst,
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subarachnoid cyst a spinal form and 3 mixed form. The 35 patients were sumitted to a total of 40 surgical procedures, including 22 craniotomy with removal of parasitic cyst, 5 craniotomy and ventriculperiotoneal (V-P) shunt, 4 V-P shunt, 3
decompressive
craniectomy and a laminectomy with removal of parasitic cyst. After surgery 30 cases(86%) showed favorable outcome and 2 cases(6%) death.
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