Multiple intraventricular neurocysticerci An otherwise healthy 35-year-old woman presented with a 1-year history of headache, a holocranial dull ache with 1 to 2 episodes per month, each lasting 1 to 2 hours. There was no photophobia, phonophobia, nausea, vomiting, fever, seizure, or loss of consciousness. In the month before presentation, headache became severe and continuous. Neurologic examination revealed bilateral papilledema. MRI showed multiple intraventricular neurocysticercal cysts in the fourth and right lateral ventricles with scolices (figures 1 and 2). Such a finding has been reported rarely in the literature. 1 Treatment options include surgery (ventriculostomy or shunt; cystectomy) or medical management (cysticidal agents, corticosteroids, antiepileptic drugs). 2
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