Neurocysticercosis in 578 black epileptic patients.
In a study of 578 epileptic patients at the Ga-Rankuwa Hospital, 281 had abnormal computed tomography (CT) of the brain (48.6%), and in 162 (average age 32 years) there was evidence of cysticercosis (57.6%). In 68 of the infected patients (41.9%) active cysts were seen on CT. Neurocysticercosis, either active or inactive, was thus implicated in 28% of this group of epileptic patients, which emphasises the importance of this disease in the causation of epilepsy in the black population of South Africa.
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Department of Neurology, Medical University of Southern Africa, Pretoria.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed