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Transventricular neuroendoscopic excision of giant racemose subarachnoid cysticercosis

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Purpose

Subarachnoid cysticercosis, an uncommon form of neurocysticercosis, can occasionally grow to giant size causing mass effect and obstructive hydrocephalus. These often require surgical excision to relieve the mass effect and re-establish the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pathways.

Clinical presentation

The authors report a rare case of giant anterior interhemispheric racemose cysticercosis with extension to the region of septum pellucidum causing obstructive hydrocephalus.

Intervention

Due to the proximity of the cysts to the dilated ventricular system, a frontal transventricular endoscopic approach was preferred over a conventional microsurgical or endoscopic-assisted microsurgical approach. Most of the cysts could be successfully resected from the region of septum pellucidum and the anterior interhemisphere. The patient did not require a CSF diversion procedure in the postoperative period.

Conclusion

Depending on the location and nature of the lesion, a transfrontal transventricular endoscopic approach can be successfully utilized to approach lesions in the anterior interhemispheric region.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, 301 University Boulevard, Route 0517, Galveston, TX, 77555-0517, USA

    Carmina F. Angeles & Aaron Mohanty

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA

    Dennis Vollmer

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Angeles, C.F., Vollmer, D. & Mohanty, A. Transventricular neuroendoscopic excision of giant racemose subarachnoid cysticercosis. Childs Nerv Syst 25, 503–508 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-008-0802-6

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