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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am Fam Physician. 2021 Sep 1;104(3):277–287.

FIGURE 4. Diagnosis and management of neurocysticercosis in patients presenting with new seizures or increased intracranial pressure.

FIGURE 4

*—Seizure and increased intracranial pressure are the most common presentations of neurocysticercosis; there may be other symptoms.

†—Additional therapy may involve albendazole (Albenza), praziquantel (Biltricide), or both; surgical intervention for ventricular lesions; corticosteroids for perilesional edema; and treatment of Strongyloides infection if prolonged use of corticosteroids is anticipated.