title: [Neurocysticercosis in childhood. I. Clinical and laboratory diagnosis].
abstract: Clinical and laboratory findings among 34 children (age range from 15 months to 13 years) with neurocysticercosis were reviewed. The main symptoms were: intracranial hypertension, 21 cases (62%); epilepsy, 20 cases (59%); hemiplegia, 4 cases (12%). Computed tomography (CT) in 33 children showed typical brain active cysts in 26 patients (79%) and calcifications in 2 (6%). The complement fixation reaction or the indirect immunofluorescent test for cysticercus antibody were positive in CSF in 77% (20 out of 26 patients) and serum in 78% (18 out of 23 patients). CSF pleocytosis was found in 57% of the cases (15/26 patients) with eosinophil cells in 27% (7/26 patients). The most efficient diagnostic test was CT scan of the head, and was confirmed immunologically by measurement of cysticercus antibody titers in CSF and serum.
authors.affiliation: Disciplina de Neuropediatria, Universidade Federal do Paraná, (UFPR), Curitiba, Brasil.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bruck
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Antoniuk
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wittig
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Accorsi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Neurocisticercose na infância. I. Diagnóstico clínico e laboratorial.