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Factores asociados a convulsiones como manifestacion aguda de Neurocisticercosis en pacientes de hospitales de San Juan de Pasto e Ipiales durante 2011 – 2015 [PDF]

, 2017
RESUMEN Introducción. La principal manifestación aguda de la Neurocisticercosis son las crisis convulsivas, y constituye la principal causa de epilepsia prevenible en paises subdesarrollados,. En este estudio se evaluaron los factores sociodemográficos
Lozano Tovar, Gladys Susana, Martínez Villota, Viviana Alexandra   +1 more
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Paediatric parenchymal neurocysticercosis with pleomorphic clinico-radiological presentations: a case series

Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette, 2023
Background Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is thought to be the most common helminthic infection of central nervous system in India. In children, it has pleomorphic clinical and radiological presentations depending on location and stage of lesion.
Sanjay Kumar, Radhamohan Rana, Mahesh Kumar, Aakash Yadav   +3 more
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Seizures, cysticercosis and rural-to-urban migration: the PERU MIGRANT study. [PDF]

, 2015
OBJECTIVES: To examine the prevalence of seizures, epilepsy and seropositivity to cysticercosis in rural villagers (cysticercosis-endemic setting), rural-to-urban migrants into a non-endemic urban shanty town and urban inhabitants of the same non-endemic
Cjuno, Alfredo, Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru, Garcia, Hector H, Gilman, Robert H, Gonzales, Isidro, Gonzalez, Armando E, Miranda, J Jaime, Rodriguez, Silvia, Smeeth, Liam, Tsang, Victor CW, Vargas, Victor   +10 more
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Transcriptomic analysis of subarachnoid cysts of Taenia solium reveals mechanisms for uncontrolled proliferation and adaptations to the microenvironment

Scientific Reports
Subarachnoid neurocysticercosis (SANCC) is caused by an abnormally transformed form of the metacestode or larval form of the tapeworm Taenia solium. In contrast to vesicular parenchymal and ventricular located cysts that contain a viable scolex and are ...
Miguel A. Orrego, Michal W. Szczesniak, Carlos M. Vasquez, Manuela R. Verastegui, Javier A. Bustos, Hector H. Garcia, Theodore E. Nash, Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru   +7 more
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Bruns Syndrome Caused by Intraventricular Neurocysticercosis: Literature Review

Brazilian Neurosurgery, 2020
Bruns syndrome is one of the clinical presentations of intraventricular neurocysticercosis, and it is characterized by episodes of headache, vertigo and vomiting. The intraventricular form of neurocysticercosis occurs in 7% to 20% of the cases, and it is
Guilherme Gago da Silva, Nelson Pires Ferreira, João Pedro Einsfeld Britz   +2 more
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Paroxysmal slow wave events as a diagnostic biomarker for epilepsy: Lessons from rural Zambia

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Epilepsy affects more than 50 million people globally, with low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) bearing the greatest burden due to limited medical resources and stigma. Electroencephalography (EEG) is a cost‐effective diagnostic tool, but its interpretation often requires unavailable expertise in rural areas. There is a pressing
Andrew Malunga, Sina Lash, Alaa Abu‐Ahmad, Laith Alhadeed, Felix Benninger, Gal Ben‐Arie, Nicholas Fearns, Hamza Imtiaz, Stefan Kunst, Anna Minarik, Mutale Masamu, George Mshanga, Oliver Neal, Attila Racz, Theodor Ruber, Khalid Saadeh, Yonatan Serlin, Merav Shamir, Tamara Welte, Benjamin Whatley, Alon Friedman, Stanley Zimba   +21 more
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Subarachnoid Racemose Neurocysticercosis in a Patient From India: A Case Report

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
Neurocysticercosis is endemic in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. However, the subarachnoid form is a rare manifestation of neurocysticercosis that often is overlooked.
Lucy Cai, Hannah Kern, Michael Preziosi
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Immunoreactive proteins in Taenia solium/cysticercus cellulosae [PDF]

, 2016
Cysticercosis caused by Taenia solium is a common zoonotic parasitic disease in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and parts of Oceania, and it is responsible for many cases of epileptic seizures.
Nhancupe, Noémia Jeremias
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The interacting etiologies of hippocampal sclerosis in epilepsy: A scoping review

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract According to the International League Against Epilepsy classification, mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis (MTLE‐HS) is considered an epilepsy syndrome. Several etiologies may precede HS, but there is little overview in the literature about these etiologies.
Boris Deleu, Jules Jeuris, Wim Van Paesschen   +2 more
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Hospitalization Frequency and Charges for Neurocysticercosis, United States, 2003–2012

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015
Neurocysticercosis, brain infection with Taenia solium larval cysts, causes substantial neurologic illness around the world. To assess the effect of neurocysticercosis in the United States, we reviewed hospitalization discharge data in the Nationwide ...
Seth E. O’Neal, Robert H. Flecker
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