Seventy black epileptics. Cysticercosis, computed tomography and electro-encephalography.
Computed tomography (CT) in a group of 70 black patients with epilepsy showed cerebral cysticercosis in 30%, with signs of activity in 12.9%. The possibility of effective treatment in active cysticercosis makes CT an important investigation of epilepsy in this population. Electro-encephalography is of some practical value in patients in whom CT is negative.
Research Institute for Diseases in a Tropical Environment, South African Medical Research Council, Durban.
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