title: [Epidemiological and clinical profile of neurocysticercosis patients assisted by the Hospital Universitário Regional de Maringá, Paraná, Brazil].
abstract: The aim of this study was to drawn an epidemiological and clinical profile of the neurocysticercosis (NCC) patients assisted by Hospital Universitário Regional de Maringá. A transversal, retrospective and descriptive study based on 6,100 records of the Neurology, Neuropediatry, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry clinics was done from January/1998 to December/2004. Of these, 48 were selected with diagnosis of NCC. The prevalence was greater in female (p<0.001), 31-60 years (43.7%), and urban zone (93.8%). The number of NCC cases overcame those notified to the Epidemic Surveillance in 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2004. The epilepsy due to NCC (CI=1.77;16.07; p=0.0024) was generalized and of late onset in 91.7% patients, being associated to headache in 37.5% ones. There was need of hospitalization in 22.9% of the patients (medium time of 3.91+/-3.35 days). It was concluded that the epidemiological and clinical profile observed is peculiar, displaying some common points with other Brazilian studies.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudos Superiores de Maringá, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, 87020-900 Maringá, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Márcia Regina
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Benedeti
authors.forename: Dina Lúcia Morais
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Falavigna
authors.forename: Ana Lúcia
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Falavigna-Guilherme
authors.forename: Silvana Marques de
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Araújo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies