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11595994

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-10-19
pubmed:abstractText
In cases of cysticercosis, seizures and other symptoms occur in persons with only calcified brain lesions. The presence of perilesional edema has been documented in association with calcified lesions in symptomatic patients, but the frequency of this complication and characteristics of the patients who develop it are not known. Patients in Peru and the United States with neurocysticercosis, documented by positive results of serological testing and with only calcified lesions as shown using computerized tomography, were studied using magnetic resonance imaging. Perilesional edema was observed in slightly more than one-third of the patients, and some patients had frequent, severely disabling episodes. Those with an increased proportion of enhancing calcified lesions were more likely to show perilesional edema. Edema around calcified lesions is common in this population and is associated with seizures and neurological morbidity.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1058-4838
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1649-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Calcified cysticerci provoke perilesional edema and seizures.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Tnash@niaid.nih.gov
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Case Reports