title: [Diagnosis and treatment of cysticercosis of cerebral ventricles].
abstract: 31 patients with cysticercosis of cerebral ventricles verified by operation or pathological investigation were reported. All patients were between 7 and 64 years of age and 14 were females. All had a single cyst. Since 29 patients (94%) were without a history of intestinal taeniasis, it was proposed that most patients of cysticercosis of cerebral ventricles were caused by hetero-infection and the entrance of Cysticercus into brain ventricle was through choroid plexus along the cerebrospinal fluid. This is probably the reason why it occurs mostly in the 4th ventricle. The clinical manifestation of cysticercosis of cerebral ventricles were paroxysmal headache and vomiting caused by increased intracranial pressure. Ventriculography and CT scanning have considerable diagnostic value. Removal of Cysticercus by surgical operation is successful (Figs. 1-8).
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, People's Hospital of Henan Province, Zhengzhou.
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: X W
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: X H
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000469:parasitology; D002648:Child; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged