Discussion Approximately 17% of patients with neurocysticercosis have cysts within their
ventricular system [1]. When these cysts are alive, they do not adhere to the ependyma and …

Objective: Our goal was to evaluate the role of Gd-enhanced MR in the diagnosis and
surgical planning of intraventricular cysticercosis cysts. Materials and Methods: Thirty-three …

Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is caused when the cysticercus larvae of Taenia solium infect the
central nervous system. The larvae usually land in the parenchymal tissue, but quite rarely …

MR imaging of intraventricular cysticercosis. Page 1 of January 6, 2024. This information is
current as MR imaging of intraventricular cysticercosis. BL Ginier and VC Poirier http://www.ajnr.org/content/13/4/1247 …

Background: Neurocysticercosis is the most common parasitic infection of the central
nervous system (CNS). Intraventricular lesions are seen in 7–20% of CNS cysticercosis …

Magnetic resonance (MR) was performed in 50 patients with neurocysticercosis.
Comparison was made with other neuroradiological imaging modalities including CT …

APREVIOUSLY HEALTHY, 77-year-old man was admitted to the
InstitutoNacionaldeNeurologıayNeurocirugıa reporting4monthsofincreasingheadache. Hydrocephalusandvesicularcysticerciinthes …

Accurate diagnosis of neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a challenge. A recent case report
published by Rizvi et al. reported that the diagnosis of NCC in their patient was based on a …

Three cases of cysticercosis with cysts located in the cerebral ventricles were studied with
magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. This technique proved to be diagnostically superior to …

Recent advances in brain imaging present new challenges for the diagnosis of brain
cysticercosis, as illustrated by the following case. A 32-year-old woman was admitted to the …