Title
Natural history of patients with perilesional edema around taenia solium calcified granulomas
Date Issued
01 April 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Nash T.E.
Ware J.M.
National Institutes of Health
Publisher(s)
Oxford University Press
Abstract
Background. The transient development of perilesional edema (PE) around ≥1 calcification (defined as 1 episode) occurs in about 50% of the patients with recurrent seizures in calcified neurocysticercosis (NCC). We determined the long-term clinical and radiological course of persons undergoing PE episodes. Methods. Twenty-one persons with NCC who experienced ≥1 PE episode were followed for a median of 10.6 years (range, 0.4-29.2 years). Clinical evaluations and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were performed at the time of suggestive symptoms and during routine follow-up. Results. PE episodes were documented 78 times, involving 50 of 729 calcifications. Episodes reoccurred in all but 3 persons. The pattern, rate, and number of episodes were variable, commonly chronic, and not significantly associated with time from treatment, number of calcifications, or sex. Seizure was the most common symptom, but almost 30% of episodes were asymptomatic and detected by MRI during routine follow-up. Persons with delayed recurrent episodes were significantly older (age, 42.3 vs 28.8 years; P = .045). Seizures continued to occur in 37.5%, and 2 persons had a severe disabling clinical course. Conclusions. The number and timing of PE episodes in individuals with calcified NCC are variable and commonly chronic, sometimes recurring over decades. A minority of patients developed significant disability.
Start page
1141
End page
1147
Volume
215
Issue
7
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas Neurología clínica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85020212531
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Infectious Diseases
ISSN of the container
00221899
Sponsor(s)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - ZIAAI000846.
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