Intraventricular Cyst Causing Acute Obstructive Hydrocephalus: Neurocysticercosis Managed With Neuroendoscopy

Pediatr Neurol. 2016 Feb:55:71-3. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2015.09.015. Epub 2015 Sep 26.

Authors

Aditya Vedantam¹, Bradley Daniels¹, Sandi Lam²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas.
² Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas. Electronic address: sklam@texaschildrens.org.

PMID: 26548593
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2015.09.015

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Anthelmintics / therapeutic use
Cysts
Humans
Hydrocephalus* / diagnosis
Hydrocephalus* / etiology
Hydrocephalus* / surgery
Male
Neurocysticercosis / complications
Neurocysticercosis / diagnosis*
Neurocysticercosis / drug therapy
Neurocysticercosis / pathology
Neuroendoscopy
Third Ventricle / pathology*
Third Ventricle / surgery
Ventriculostomy

Substances

Anthelmintics