Cysticercosis cerebri.
With increasing immigration from endemic regions, the incidence of cysticercosis in North America is rising. This fascinating disease with its varied presentations may pose complex management dilemmas whose resolutions often require a combined approach to treatment involving medical and, in some cases, selected surgical intervention. The treatment course must be individualized depending on the symptomatology, anatomic location of the cysts, and host inflammatory response.
Couldwell
W T
WT
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles.
Apuzzo
M L
ML
D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed