Cysticercosis of the nervous system. Treatment by means of specific internal radiation.
Five hundred patients with cysticercosis of the nervous system were evaluated by scanning that used anti-Cysticercus antibodies labeled with indium 113. The same antibodies, labeled with iodine 131, were used for radioimmunotreatment. Ninety-six percent of the patients had good or excellent results, whereas only 4% had poor results. None of the patients showed intolerance or radiotoxicity during three months of clinical and laboratory follow-up. The diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of cysticercosis of the nervous system are dramatically changing, due to the development of anti-Cysticercus antibodies labeled with radionuclides.
D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes