Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine (Dec 2022)
Neurocysticercosis: A Review into Treatment Options, Indications, and Their Efficacy
Abstract
Pedro Tadao Hamamoto Filho,1 Roberto Rodríguez-Rivas,2 Agnès Fleury3,4 1Department of Neurology, Psychology and Psychiatry, Botucatu Medical School, UNESP –Universidad de Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, Brazil; 2Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía Manuel Velasco Suarez, Ciudad de México, México; 3Departamento de Medicina Genómica y Toxicología Ambiental, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México; 4Clínica de Neurocisticercosis, Instituto Nacional de Neurología Y Neurocirugía Manuel Velasco Suarez, Ciudad de México, MéxicoCorrespondence: Agnès Fleury, Insurgentes Sur 3877 CP 14269 Barrio La Fama, Tlalpan, Ciudad de México, México, Tel +52 5556063822, Email [email protected]: Neurocysticercosis, due to the localization of Taenia solium larvae in the Central Nervous System, is a neglected tropical disease still endemic in much of Latin America, Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. The therapeutic management of NC has gradually improved with the establishment of neuroimaging studies (CT and MRI) in endemic countries and with the demonstration of the efficacy of albendazole and praziquantel in the 1980s. But the morbidity and mortality of this preventable disease remain an unacceptable fact. In this scoping review, we will revise the different treatment options and their indications.Keywords: neglected tropical disease, neurocysticercosis, treatment, review, T. solium
