[Changes in computed tomogram in cerebral parenchymal cysticercosis treated with albendazole].
OBJECTIVE
To observe the changes in cerebral computed tomogram (CT) in cerebral parenchymal cysticercosis after albendazole treatment.


METHODS
Cerebral CT scanning was conducted in 57 patients with cerebral cysticercosis in our hospital before, during and after albendazole treatment.


RESULTS
Cerebral CT might be normal before onchospheres became cysticercariae in the brain. Small cystic lesions could turn into other CT signs of cerebral cysticercosis after albendazole treatment.


CONCLUSIONS
Normal cerebral CT cannot rule out the disease. Small cystic lesions are the earliest pathological and active signs of the disease. Nodular focus occurs after the death of Cysticercus and calcification is the final outcome of the disease.
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Department of Infectious Diseases, Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bangbu 233004.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000923:Anticestodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000923:Anticestodal Agents; D015766:Albendazole