Article type: Letter to Editor
Article
title: Neurocysticercosis
and adult-onset epilepsy
Journal: Saudi
Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Year: 2020
Authors: Jamir Pitton Rissardo, Ana Letícia Fornari
Caprara
E-mail: jamirrissardo@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is an important cause of seizures and accounts for approximately 30% of all epilepsy cases in most developing countries. It is worth mentioning that due to potential diagnostic limitations related to availability and financial issues, this condition is probably underdiagnosed. Interestingly, the central nervous system involvement of the tapeworm Taenia solium has the highest morbidity, while larval cysts elsewhere are usually destroyed, leading to asymptomatic disease. The clinical manifestations of NCC can range from asymptomatic brain lesions to any kind of neurological symptoms, in which the symptomatology depends on the location of the brain lesions.
Keywords: Neurocysticercosis, seizure, epilepsy, tapeworm, adult-onset
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DOI
10.4103/1319-2442.292327
Citation
Rissardo
JP, Fornari Caprara AL. Neurocysticercosis and adult-onset epilepsy. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl 2020;31:881-2
