Perfil clínico-epidemiológico de pacientes com neurocisticercose atendidos no Hospital Universitário Regional de Maringá, Paraná, Brasil

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.