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ArticleSurgical neurology international2018

Fourth ventricle neurocysticercosis: A case report.

Diogo Simão, Joaquim C Teixeira, Alexandre R Campos, Domingos Coiteiro, Maria M Santos

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Article in Surgical neurology international, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. The rolling cyst: migrating intraventricular neurocysticercosis-a case-based update.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Diogo SimãoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal.
Joaquim C TeixeiraDepartment of Neurosurgery, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal.
Alexandre R CamposDepartment of Neurosurgery, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal.
Domingos CoiteiroDepartment of Neurosurgery, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal.
Maria M SantosDepartment of Neurosurgery, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal.
Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte · PTHôpital Militaire Avicenne · MA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNeurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common helminthic disease of the nervous system in humans and it is caused by the larvae of the pork tapeworm, CASE DESCRIPTION: A 36-year-old woman presented to the emergency room with headache and decreased visual acuity over the last 4 months. A brain magnetic resonance imaging showed obstructive hydrocephalus apparently correlated to a mobile, cystic lesion of the fourth ventricle. In the same operative time, an ETV and a suboccipital craniotomy were performed in order to remove the lesion and to treat the hydrocephalus. The cyst was completely removed and pathologically identified as a

conclusionIntraventricular neurocysticercosis is, typically, a surgical disease. For cysts located on the fourth ventricle, a suboccipital craniotomy and a telovelar approach remains a valid option. Cyst removal does not necessarily resolve the hydrocephalus problem. ETV offers an option to the classic shunt placement approach and was shown to be effective even on hydrocephalus recurrence.

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Fourth ventricleintraventricular neurocysticercosisventriculostomy

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PMID30386671
PMCPMC6194729
OpenAlexW2897217098

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