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Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2007; 05(03): 255-258
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1557388
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart – New York

Dodging the scalpel-migration of intraventricular neurocysticercus cyst occurring during surgery

Tripti Chandra
a   Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
,
Ashish Verma
a   Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
,
Suyash Mohan
a   Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
,
Raj Kumar
b   Departments Neurosurgery, Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
,
Awdhesh Jaiswal
b   Departments Neurosurgery, Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
,
Sunil Kumar
a   Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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21 December 2006

27 March 2007

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30 July 2015 (online)

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Abstract

The authors describe a case of a 12-year-old female with an intra-ventricular cysticercal cyst in the third ventricle, which migrated to left occipital horn during surgical evacuation. The present case highlights the utility of magnetic resonance imaging over computed tomography and role of early postoperative magnetic resonance imaging to rule out the possibility of cyst migration and treatment failure.

Keywords

Intraventricular neurocysticercosis - magnetic resonance imaging - migration