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Sometimes the increasing intracranial pressure due to obstruction of the cerebral aqueduct (ball-valve mechanism) is intermittent, producing relapsing\/remitting symptoms; this life-threatening phenomenon is called \u201cBruns syndrome.\u201d<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>\n\nMethods<\/jats:title>\nBetween 1996 and 2004, among a group of 285 patients with neurocysticercosis and Bruns syndrome caused by cysticercal cysts of the third ventricle was diagnosed in seven patients by using magnetic resonance imaging. An endoscopic procedure with a flexible cerebral endoscope was performed, intact parasitic cysts were removed, and a complete exploration was undertaken to look for more cysticercal cysts in the whole ventricular system and the subarachnoid basal cisterns. There were no deaths or complications. 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