Total Recovery of Visual Function after Treatment for Cerebral Cysticercosis

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Abstract
Brain cysticercosis is now treated effectively with either albendazole or praziquantel,1 , 2 but most studies demonstrating the efficacy of cysticidal drugs have been based on objective evidence from imaging studies of the disappearance of cysts after cysticidal therapy. Even with this evidence, some authors have doubts about the real benefits of cysticidal therapy when weighed against the possibility of adverse reactions in the host due to the acute inflammation triggered by the destruction of the parasites.3