Seizures associated with calcifications and edema in neurocysticercosis

Antoniuk, Sergio Antônio; Bruck, Isac; Coutinho Dos Santos, Lúcia H; Pintarelli, Vitor Last; Navolar, Fabiano Bassetti Borba; Brackmann, Paulo Celso; de Morais, Rodrigo Leite

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Volume 25, Issue 4 , Pages 309-311, October 2001

Seizures associated with calcifications and edema in neurocysticercosis

Sergio Antônio Antoniuk, MD
- Communications should be addressed to: Dr. Antoniuk; Centro de Neuropediatria (CENEP) do Hospital de Clı́nicas da Universidade Federal do Paraná; Rua Floriano Essenfelder, 81; 80060-270 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil, Brazil
Isac Bruck, MD
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil, Brazil
Lúcia H Coutinho Dos Santos, MD, PhD
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil, Brazil
Vitor Last Pintarelli, MD
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil, Brazil
Fabiano Bassetti Borba Navolar, MD
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil, Brazil
Paulo Celso Brackmann Jr, MD
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil, Brazil
Rodrigo Leite de Morais, MD
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil, Brazil

Received 14 February 2001; accepted 24 May 2001.

Abstract

We describe eight cases of pediatric patients whose neuroimages performed after seizures revealed abnormalities that were compatible with edema surrounding calcified lesions and which disappeared in subsequent examinations.