Multiple Intraventricular Neurocysticercal Cysts Treated with Endoscopy without Antiparasitic Therapy
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Neurocysticercosis is of emerging importance in the United States because of immigration from disease-endemic regions of Latin America. 1 Intraventricular neurocysticercal cysts are probably more frequent than previously thought and usually occur as single cysts in the fourth ventricle or as multiple cysts that frequently coexist with parenchymal and sub-arachnoid cysts. 2 However, multiple intraventricular cysts without accompanying visible parenchymal cysts are a relatively uncommon
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