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Frequency and Determinant Factors for Calcification in Neurocysticercosis

2020; Oxford University Press; Volume: 73; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/cid/ciaa784

1537-6591

Javier A. Bustos, Gianfranco Arroyo, Robert H. Gilman, Percy Soto-Becerra, Isidro Gonzáles, Herbert Saavedra, E. Javier Pretell, Theodore E. Nash, Seth E. O’Neal, Óscar H. Del Brutto, Armando E. González, Héctor H. Garcı́a,

Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery

Neurocysticercosis is a major cause of acquired epilepsy. Larval cysts in the human brain eventually resolve and either disappear or leave a calcification that is associated with seizures. In this study, we assessed the proportion of calcification in parenchymal neurocysticercosis and risk factors associated with calcification.