[Cerebral cystercosis. 3. cases observed in the Paris area in immigrant workers].
The three cases described involve two Portugese patients and a Spaniard working in the Paris are who had presented with epilepsy, being focal in two. Diagnosis was made in two cases as a result of the existence of muscular and sub-cutaneous calcifications; in one case because of eosinophilia of the cerebro-spinal fluid. The clinical and therapeutic features of cerebral cysticercosis are recalled briefly in connection with these cases.
D000328:Adult; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001037:Aphasia / Q000209:etiology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010297:Paris; D011174:Portugal / Q000208:ethnology; D002727:Proguanil / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013030:Spain / Q000208:ethnology; D014171:Transients and Migrants
D000927:Anticonvulsants; D002727:Proguanil
Cysticercose cérébrale. Trois cas observés dans la région parisienne chez des travailleurs immigrés