Neurocysticercosis: A Review into Treatment Options, Indications, and Their Efficacy

Pedro Tadao Hamamoto Filho, Roberto Rodríguez‐Rivas, Agnès Fleury

2022Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine35 citationsDOI Open Access PDF

Abstract

Abstract: Neurocysticercosis, due to the localization of Taenia solium larvae in the Central Nervous System, is a neglected tropical disease still endemic in much of Latin America, Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. The therapeutic management of NC has gradually improved with the establishment of neuroimaging studies (CT and MRI) in endemic countries and with the demonstration of the efficacy of albendazole and praziquantel in the 1980s. But the morbidity and mortality of this preventable disease remain an unacceptable fact. In this scoping review, we will revise the different treatment options and their indications. Keywords: neglected tropical disease, neurocysticercosis, treatment, review, T. solium

Topics & Concepts

NeurocysticercosisTaenia soliumAlbendazolePraziquantelMedicineDiseaseIntensive care medicineNeglected tropical diseasesParasitic diseaseCysticercosisPediatricsPathologyImmunologySurgeryHelminthsSchistosomiasisParasitic infections in humans and animalsCongenital Anomalies and Fetal SurgeryAmoebic Infections and Treatments