Small calcified lesions suggestive of neurocysticercosis are associated with mesial temporal sclerosis
| Title: | Small calcified lesions suggestive of neurocysticercosis are associated with mesial temporal sclerosis |
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| Authors: | Marcos C. B. Oliveira, Maria G. M. Martin, Miriam H. Tsunemi, Gilson Vieira, Luiz H. M. Castro |
| Source: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, Vol 72, Iss 7, Pp 510-516 (2014) |
| Publisher Information: | Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO), 2014. |
| Publication Year: | 2014 |
| Collection: | LCC:Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
| Subject Terms: | esclerose de hipocampo, cisticercose, epilepsia do lobo temporal, esclerose mesial temporal, neurocisticercose, calcificações, Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry, RC321-571 |
| More Details: | Recent studies have suggested a possible relationship between temporal lobe epilepsy with mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS) and neurocysticercosis (NC). We performed a case-control study to evaluate the association of NC and MTS. Method: We randomly selected patients with different epilepsy types, including: MTS, primary generalized epilepsy (PGE) and focal symptomatic epilepsy (FSE). Patients underwent a structured interview, followed by head computed tomography (CT). A neuroradiologist evaluated the scan for presence of calcified lesions suggestive of NC. CT results were matched with patients’ data. Results: More patients in the MTS group displayed calcified lesions suggestive of NC than patients in the other groups (p=0.002). On multivariate analysis, MTS was found to be an independent predictor of one or more calcified NC lesions (p=0.033). Conclusion: After controlling for confounding factors, we found an independent association between NC calcified lesions and MTS. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1678-4227 0004-282X |
| Relation: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2014000700510&lng=en&tlng=en; https://doaj.org/toc/1678-4227 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/0004-282X20140080 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/0d18a8f942c449bfa641e6eb58973647 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.0d18a8f942c449bfa641e6eb58973647 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 16784227 0004282X |
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| DOI: | 10.1590/0004-282X20140080 |
| Published in: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
| Language: | English |