If hydrocephalus is present, CSF diversion with ventriculostomy or VP shunt by Neurosurgery and/or surgical resection of cysts is recommended rather than antiparastic treatment
15mg/kg/day divided in 2 doses
First line therapy
First line therapy
Second line therapy
50-100mg/kg/day divided in 3 doses 
Prednisone 1mg/kg/day (60mg max) or dexamethasone 0.1mg/kg/day (10mg max)
Cysticercosis
Brain abscess
Paraphimosis
Vasculitis
Japanese encephalitis
Tuberculomas or Mycotic granulomas
Leishmaniasis
Primary brain tumors or metastases