title: Endoscopic evidence of ventricular and cisternal inflammatory changes after intraoperative cysticercal rupture during endoscopic third-ventriculostomy removal.
abstract: Two patients who suffered recurrent hydrocephalus after cysticercal removal by means of endoscopic transventricular (ETV) approach are presented. Severe inflammatory lesions within the ventricular system and basal cisterns, with a patent third-ventriculostomy were demonstrated during a second endoscopic observation. Mandatory shunting with prolonged steroid therapy may be indicated after intraoperative cysticercal rupture after ETV removal, as showed by sequential endoscopic observations.
authors: Hospital General Dr. Miguel Silva, Secretaría de Salud de Michocán, Morelia, Michoacán, México. ohjv@yahoo.com.mx
authors: Oscar H
authors: OH
authors: Jiménez-Vázquez
authors: Norma
authors: N
authors: Nagore
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D058565:Cerebral Ventriculitis / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000469:parasitology; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000469:parasitology; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000601:surgery*; D044583:Neuroendoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D020542:Third Ventricle; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt; D014696:Ventriculostomy / Q000379:methods*