Seizures associated with calcifications and edema in neurocysticercosis.
We describe eight cases of pediatric patients whose neuroimages performed after seizures revealed abnormalities that were compatible with edema surrounding calcified lesions and which disappeared in subsequent examinations.
Antoniuk
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SA
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil, Brazil.
Bruck
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I
Dos Santos
L H
LH
Pintarelli
V L
VL
Navolar
F B
FB
Brackmann
P C
PC
de Morais
R L
RL
D000293:Adolescent; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed