Treatment of Epilepsy Secondary to Neurocysticercosis

Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures in Patients Living with Neurocysticercosis

“…"The significantly higher incidence of dissociation in the patients with PNES suggests dissociation in the pathogenesis of these seizures" [13]. The aim of this study was to identify a psychological profile of a group of patients with epilepsy NCC-related presenting PNES and to detect the possible difference between the clinical features and psychological profile of patients affected by PNES and ES NCC-related and those patients in whom EPs are associated with NCC only and have been reported earlier [19][20][21][22][23][24][25].…”

Orbital Cisticercosis. A Challenger for Neurologists, Ophthalmologists, Neuro-Opthalmologists, and General Practitioners

“…[56] The main risk factors associated with the CC are the presence of peoples infected by T solium in the community with inadequate primary health care system, without proper health education and personal and food hygiene and without a sustainable supply of safe and clean water and where free-range pigs are able to ingest contaminated human feces [57][58][59][60][61][62] and the use of infected feces as an agricultural fertilizer. [63] The NCC has become a public health problem in different countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America [56,[64][65][66][67][68] The orbits are two bony cavities occupied by the eyes and associated muscles, nerves, blood vessels, fat, and much of the lacrimal apparatus. Each orbit is shaped like a pear or a foursided pyramid, with its apex situated posteriorly and its base anteriorly.…”

What is a Low Frequency of the Disseminated Cysticercosis Suggests that Neurocysticercosis is Going to Disappear?

“…In the above-mentioned studies, appear only the seizures and the headache as initial clinical manifestations while in others it is reported: meningitis, dementia, intracranial Hypertension, psychiatric symptoms, ischemic stroke, and radicular compression [10][11][12][13][14][15]17,[24][25][26][27][28][29][30]. It is important to note that the headache is not the most frequent clinical manifestation of the NCC in the majority of published studies but that occupies the second place; only in one of the studies consulted is presented as the main reason for consultation [19].…”

“…WHO includes the NCC between neglected diseases that cause a significant impact on the economy in several regions of the world. It affects 4% of the population in endemic areas [4,9] and is the main cause of symptomatic epilepsy worldwide [1,[10][11][12][13][14][15] but where the hygiene habits-food and sometimes religious trends can determine the incidence and prevalence of the disease [1].…”

“…The pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of CC depend on the number, size, location, evolutionary state of the parasite and the host's immune response [1,5,[10][11][12][13][14][15][21][22][23]]. In the above-mentioned studies, appear only the seizures and the headache as initial clinical manifestations while in others it is reported: meningitis, dementia, intracranial Hypertension, psychiatric symptoms, ischemic stroke, and radicular compression [10][11][12][13][14][15]17,[24][25][26][27][28][29][30].…”