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British Journal of Neurosurgery Volume 22, 2008 - Issue 5
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Role of neuroendoscopy in the treatment of large viable cysticerci in the brain parenchyma

Dr O. H. Jimenez-Vazquez Hospital General ‘Dr Miguel Silva’, Secretaria De Salud De Michoacán
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N. Nagore Department of Histopathology, Escuela De Quimicofarmacobiologia, Universidad Michoacana De San Nicolas De Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
Pages 682-683 | Received 20 Nov 2007, Accepted 24 Jan 2008, Published online: 06 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

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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