title: Severe dementia associated with neurocysticercosis.
abstract: A severe case of dementia associated with a parenchymous miliar neurocysticercosis in a 15-year-old girl is described. Although there was general cerebral involvement, EEG, neurological and neuropsychological examinations showed a marked decrease in right hemisphere activity. Treatment with Praziquantel reduced the patient's intellectual deterioration, but hydrocephalus developed.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Colombiano de Neuropsicologia, Bogota, South America.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rosselli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosselli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ardila
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Penagos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001037:Aphasia / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D003704:Dementia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011223:Praziquantel / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D011223:Praziquantel; D003907:Dexamethasone