Treatment of Neurocysticercosis with Subarachnoid Cysts

Abstract

The medical treatment of 33 patients, 8 to 81 years (mean, 48y), with neurocysticercosis (NC) complicated by giant subarachnoid cysts (50mm or larger) and intracranial hypertension was evaluated at the Hospital de Especialidades, Mexico City.

Keywords

• neurocysticercosis
• ventriculoperitoneal shunt
• medical treatment alone