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- Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a key cause of epilepsy and common in the central nervous system, with this study examining clinical features in Lambayeque from 2016-2018.
- Out of 46 patients reviewed, the majority were male with a median age of 46.5 years, and key symptoms included epilepsy in 24 patients and intracranial hypertension in 10.
- The research highlighted diverse symptoms and found a low mortality rate, with most patients receiving antiparasitic treatment while the most common neuroimaging findings were cerebral calcifications.
Article Abstract
Unlabelled: Backgound: Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common parasitosis of the central nervous system, and a very important cause of epilepsy.
Aim: To describe the clinical features of patients with NCC attending a high level hospital from Lambayeque during: 2016-2018.
Methods: The medical records of patients with NCC were reviewed, and their information was collected on a data sheet.
Results: 46 stories met the inclusion criteria; 23 patients were male, the median age was 46.5 years (IQR: 26.5-63), the youngest patient was 7 years old, and the longest 85. Thirty patients were from Lambayeque. Epilepsy occurred in 24 patients, intracranial hypertension in 10, psychic syndrome in 2 and focal neurological deficit and visual syndrome in 1; there was one asymptomatic patient and seven had epilepsy and another syndrome. In neuroimaging, cerebral calcifications were the most common lesions; 9 patients had subarachnoid cysts. Serology (western blot) was performed in 20 patients being positive in 11; 38 were definitive NCC and 8 probable. Eighteen patients received only symptomatic treatment, 27 antiparasitic treatment and 6, additionally neurosurgical treatment. Only one patient died.
Conclusions: The symptoms and neuroimaging findings were proteiform and the mortality found was low.
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