Endoscopic management of hydrocephalus due to neurocysticercosis

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-16

  Torres Corzo, Jaime G ^a   Tapia Pérez, J Humberto ^a,b   Vecchia, Roberto Rodriguez Della ^a   Chalita Williams, Juan C ^a   Sánchez Aguilar, Martín ^b   Sánchez Rodríguez, José Juan ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CENTRAL DR IGNACIO MORONES PRIETO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Neurocysticercosis; Neuroendoscopy; Shunt failure; Ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENCEPHALITIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROENDOSCOPY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOSCOPY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOSTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71649104339     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.08.022     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Del Bruto O.H. Neurocysticercosis Semin Neurol 25 (2005) 243-251
2. García H.H., Evans C.A., Nash T.E., Takayanagui O.M., White Jr. A.C., Botero D., Rajshekhar V., Tsang V.C., Schantz P.M., Allan J.C., Flisser A., Correa D., Sarti E., Friedland J.S., Martinez S.M., Gonzalez A.E., Gilman R.H., and Del Brutto O.H. Current consensus guidelines for treatment of neurocysticercosis. Clin Microbiol Rev 15 (2002) 747-756
3. Nash T.E., Singh G., White A.C., Rajshekhar V., Loeb J.A., Proaño J.V., Takayanagui O.M., Gonzalez A.E., Butman J.A., DeGiorgio C., Del Brutto O.H., Delgado-Escueta A., Evans C.A., Gilman R.H., Martinez S.M., Medina M.T., Pretell E.J., Teale J., and Garcia H.H. Treatment of neurocysticercosis: current status and future research needs. Neurology 67 (2006) 1120-1127
4. Ensenat J., Martínez-Manas R., Horcajada J.P., De Juan C., and Ferrer E. Diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties in neurocysticercosis: presentation of 6 cases and review of the literature. Neurocirugia (Astur) 18 (2007) 101-110
5. Estanol B., Corona T., and Abad P. A prognostic classification of cerebral cysticercosis: therapeutic implications. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 49 (1986) 1131-1134
6. Prashantha D.K., Netravathi M., Ravishankar S., Panda S., and Pal P.K. Reversible parkinsonism following ventriculoperitoneal shunt in a patient with obstructive hydrocephalus secondary to intraventricular neurocysticercosis. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 110 (2008) 718-721
7. Proano J.V., Madrazo I., Avelar F., Lopez-Felix B., Diaz G., and Grijalva I. Medical treatment for neurocysticercosis characterized by giant subarachnoid cysts. N Engl J Med 345 (2001) 879-885
8. Takayanagui O.M. Therapy for neurocysticercosis. Expert Rev Neurother 4 (2004) 129-139
9. Sotelo J., and Marin C. Hydrocephalus secondary to cysticercotic arachnoiditis. A long-term follow-up review of 92 cases. J Neurosurg 66 (1987) 686-689
10. Del Brutto O.H. Albendazole therapy for subarachnoid cysticerci: clinical and neuroimaging analysis of 17 patients. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 62 (1997) 659-661
11. Proano J.V., Madrazo I., Garcia L., Garcia-Torres E., and Correa D. Albendazole and praziquantel treatment in neurocysticercosis of the fourth ventricle. J Neurosurg 87 (1997) 29-33
12. Anandh B., Mohanty A., Sampath S., Praharaj S.S., and Kolluri S. Endoscopic approach to intraventricular cysticercal lesions. Minim Invasive Neurosurg 44 (2001) 194-196
13. Bergsneider M. Endoscopic removal of cysticercal cysts within the fourth ventricle. Technical note. Neurosurg Focus 6 (1999) e10
14. Bergsneider M., Holly L.T., Lee J.H., King W.A., and Frazee J.G. Endoscopic management of cysticercal cysts within the lateral and third ventricles. Neurosurg Focus 6 (1999) e9
15. Cudlip S.A., Wilkins P.R., and Marsh H.T. Endoscopic removal of a third ventricular cysticercal cyst. Br J Neurosurg 12 (1998) 452-454
16. Cuetter A.C., and Andrews R.J. Intraventricular neurocysticercosis: 18 consecutive patients and review of the literature. Neurosurg Focus 12 (2002) e5
17. Husain M., Jha D.K., Rastogi M., Husain N., and Gupta R.K. Neuro-endoscopic management of intraventricular neurocysticercosis (NCC). Acta Neurochir (Wien) 149 (2007) 341-346
18. Husain M., Rastogi M., Jha D.K., Husain N., and Gupta R.K. Endoscopic transaqueductal removal of fourth ventricular neurocysticercosis with an angiographic catheter. Neurosurgery 60 (2007) 249-254
19. Del Brutto O.H., Rajshekhar V., White Jr. A.C., Tsang V.C., Nash T.E., Takayanagui O.M., Schantz P.M., Evans C.A., Flisser A., Correa D., Botero D., Allan J.C., Sarti E., Gonzalez A.E., Gilman R.H., and García H.H. Proposed diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis. Neurology 57 (2001) 177-183
20. Torres-Corzo J.G., and Rangel-Castilla L. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy. Contemp Neurosurg 28 (2006) 1-7
21. Monteiro L., Almeida-Pinto J., Stocker A., and Sampaio-Silva M. Active neurocysticercosis, parenchymal and extraparenchymal: a study of 38 patients. J Neurol 241 (1993) 15-21
22. Kim S.K., Wang K.C., Paek S.H., Hong K.S., and Cho B.K. Outcomes of medical treatment of neurocysticercosis: a study of 65 cases in Cheju Island, Korea. Surg Neurol 52 (1999) 563-569
23. Citow J.S., Johnson J.P., McBride D.Q., and Ammirati M. Imaging features and surgery-related outcomes in intraventricular neurocisticercosis. Neurosurg Focus 12 (2002) e6
24. Colli B.O., Carlotti C.G., Assirati J.A., Machado H.R., Valencia M., and Amato M.C. Surgical treatment of cerebral cysticercosis: long-term results and prognostic factors. Neurosurg Focus 12 (2002) e3
25. Kelley R., Duong D.H., and Locke G.E. Characteristics of ventricular shunt malfunctions among patients with neurocysticercosis. Neurosurgery 50 (2002) 757-762
26. Psarros T.G., Krumerman J., and Coimbra C. Endoscopic management of supratentorial ventricular neurocysticercosis: case series and review of the literature. Minim Invasive Neurosurg 46 (2003) 331-334
27. Agapejev S., Pouza A.F., Bazan R., and Faleiros A.T. Clinical and evolutive aspects of hydrocephalus in neurocysticercosis. Arq Neuropsiquiatr 65 (2007) 674-680
28. Sotelo J. Neurocysticercosis-is the elimination of parasites beneficial?. N Engl J Med 350 (2004) 280
29. Torgovnick J., Onouha A., Arsura E., Sethi N.K., and Sethi P.K. Neuroimage: racemose neurocysticercosis. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 110 (2008) 97-98