title: Seizures associated with calcifications and edema in neurocysticercosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil, Brazil.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Antoniuk
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bruck
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Dos Santos
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Pintarelli
authors.forename: F B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Navolar
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Brackmann
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: de Morais
mesh_terms: 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