%0 Journal Article
%T Perfil cl¨ªnico-epidemiol¨®gico de pacientes com neurocisticercose atendidos no Hospital Universit¨¢rio Regional de Maring¨¢, Paran¨¢, Brasil
%A Benedeti
%A M¨¢rcia Regina
%A Falavigna
%A Dina L¨²cia Morais
%A Falavigna-Guilherme
%A Ana L¨²cia
%A Ara¨²jo
%A Silvana Marques de
%J Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
%D 2007
%I Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO
%R 10.1590/S0004-282X2007000100025
%X the aim of this study was to drawn an epidemiological and clinical profile of the neurocysticercosis (ncc) patients assisted by hospital universit¨¢rio regional de maring¨¢. 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¡À3.35 days). it was concluded that the epidemiological and clinical profile observed is peculiar, displaying some common points with other brazilian studies.
%K neurocysticercosis
%K headache
%K epilepsy.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0004-282X2007000100025&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en