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Cysticercosis surgery
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Surgery is not the first line of treatment except in ocular cysticercosis and other certain cases of neurocysticercosis.
Surgery
Surgery
Neurocysticercosis
- Surgical intervention is much more likely to be needed in cases of intraventricular, racemose, or spinal neurocysticercosis.
- Treatments includes direct excision of ventricular cysts, shunting procedures, and removal of cysts via endoscopy.
Ophthalmic cysticercosis
- In ophthalmic disease, surgical removal is necessary for cysts within the eye itself while antihelminth drugs with steroids alone might be sufficient to treat cysts outside globe.
Subcutaneous cysticercosis
- In general, subcutaneous disease does not need specific therapy. Painful or bothersome cysts can be surgically excised.
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Younes M.B.B.CH [2]