Epilepsy due to neurocysticercosis: analysis of 203 patients

• Published in: Neurology Vol. 42; no. 2; p. 389
• Main Authors: Del Brutto, O H, Santibañez, R, Noboa, C A, Aguirre, R, Díaz, E, Alarcón, T A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.02.1992
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Central Nervous System Diseases - complications; Central Nervous System Diseases - parasitology; Cysticercosis - complications; Cysticercosis - physiopathology; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy - etiology; Epilepsy - physiopathology; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Prognosis

We reviewed clinical, EEG, and CT findings of 203 patients with epilepsy due to neurocysticercosis. Seizures were generalized in 121 patients and partial in 82. Thirty-two patients had focal signs and eight had papilledema. Eighty-one had generalized and 16 had focal EEG abnormalities. CT showed par...