An endoscopic approach to cysticercosis cysts of the posterior third ventricle.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
An attempted removal of a third ventricular cysticercosis cyst by an endoscopic approach was aborted before surgery when a preoperative scan demonstrated migration of the cyst into the fourth ventricle. In a second case, successful endoscopic removal of a cysticercosis cyst of the posterior third ventricle by a precoronal, transforaminal approach is described. Transforaminal endoscopic removal of third ventricular cysticercosis lesions is feasible, and immediate preoperative imaging should be performed to rule out migration of the lesion before surgery.
Medical subject headings
- Cerebral Ventricles
- Cysticercosis
- Cysts
- Endoscopy