Clinical presentation of neurocysticercosis-related epilepsy

Duque, Kevin R.; Burneo, Jorge G.

dc.contributor.author	Duque, Kevin R.
dc.contributor.author	Burneo, Jorge G.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-01-25T16:59:36Z
dc.date.available	2019-01-25T16:59:36Z
dc.date.issued	2017
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/4878
dc.description.abstract	Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common parasitic infection of the central nervous system and a major risk factor for seizures and epilepsy. Seizure types in NCC vary largely across studies and seizure semiology is poorly understood. We discuss here the studies regarding seizure types and seizure semiology in NCC, and examine the clinical presentation in patients with NCC and drug-resistant epilepsy. We also provide evidence of the role of MRI and EEG in the diagnosis of NCC-related epilepsy. Focal seizures are reported in 60-90% of patients with NCC-related epilepsy, and around 90% of all seizures registered prospectively are focal not evolving to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures. A great number of cases suggest that seizure semiology is topographically related to NCC lesions. Patients with hippocampal sclerosis and NCC have different clinical and neurophysiological characteristics than those with hippocampal sclerosis alone. Different MRI protocols have allowed to better differentiate NCC from other etiologies. Lesions' stages might account on the chances of finding an interictal epileptiform discharge. Studies pursuing the seizure onset in patients with NCC are lacking and they are specially needed to determine both whether the reported events of individual cases are seizures, and whether they are related to the NCC lesion or lesions. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled "Neurocysticercosis and Epilepsy".	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Epilepsy and Behavior
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject	Electroencephalography	en_US
dc.subject	Electroencephalography/methods	en_US
dc.subject	Epilepsy	en_US
dc.subject	Magnetic Resonance Imaging	en_US
dc.subject	Neurocysticercosis	en_US
dc.subject	Seizure semiology	en_US
dc.subject	Seizure type	en_US
dc.subject	Adult	en_US
dc.subject	Drug Resistant Epilepsy/complications	en_US
dc.subject	Epilepsy/etiology	en_US
dc.subject	Female	en_US
dc.subject	Humans	en_US
dc.subject	Male	en_US
dc.subject	Neurocysticercosis/complications/diagnostic imaging	en_US
dc.subject	Risk Factors	en_US
dc.subject	Seizures/diagnosis	en_US
dc.title	Clinical presentation of neurocysticercosis-related epilepsy	en_US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/review
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.08.008
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.25
dc.relation.issn	1525-5069