Epidemiologic pattern of patients with neurocysticercosis diagnosed by computed tomography in Curitiba, Brazil
| Autor: | Marilis Beckert Feijó Santos, Rodrigo Henrique Bordignon, Fernanda Monego, Victor Hugo Zanini Kolinski, Ana Laura Grazziotin, Alexander Welker Biondo, Affonso Antoniuk, Mariana Campos Fontalvo, Ana Line Grazziotin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Male cysticercus cellulosae medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Adolescent Neurocysticercosis Prevalence Computed tomography Young Adult parasitic diseases Epidemiology medicine Humans In patient epidemiologia Young adult Aged Aged 80 and over biology medicine.diagnostic_test urogenital system business.industry neurocysticercosis Curitiba Patient data Middle Aged biology.organism_classification Surgery Radiography Neurology embryonic structures neurocisticercose Female epidemiology Neurology (clinical) business Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria v.68 n.2 2010 Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria Academia Brasileira de Neurologia instacron:ABNEURO Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, Volume: 68, Issue: 2, Pages: 269-272, Published: APR 2010 |
| ISSN: | 0004-282X |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to drawn an epidemiological pattern of neurocystisticercosis (NCC) patients diagnosed by computed tomography at the major private diagnostic center in Curitiba, Brazil. A total of 1,009 medical files of consecutive patients presenting neurological indications were diagnosed by computed tomography from July 2007 to April 2008. Patient data included sex, age, municipality and tomography findings were analysed by Epi-info version 6.0.1. software. Most patients (81.10%) were living in Curitiba. A total of 91/1,009 cases (9.02%) were considered positive to NCC; 88 (96.7%) patients had inactive form of NCC and only 3 (3.2%) patients had cysts in granulomatous process. No patients had both forms. The prevalence of NCC cases in studied group was greater in patients between 51 to 60 years old, however, difference between sex was not significant. This epidemiological pattern of NCC was similar to the first NCC study in Curitiba, performed in 1995-1996 with 9.24% of positive cases. Determinou-se o perfil epidemiológico da neurocisticercose (NCC) em pacientes diagnosticados por tomografia computadorizada (TC) no maior centro privado de diagnósticos de Curitiba, Brasil. Foram analisados 1009 registros médicos de pacientes consecutivos com indicações neurológicas submetidos a TC entre julho de 2007 a abril de 2008. Os dados dos pacientes que incluíram sexo, idade, município de residência e achados tomográficos foram analisados pelo software Epi-info versão 6.01. A maioria dos pacientes (80,10%) era procedente de Curitiba; 91/1.009 casos (9,02%) foram positivos para NCC; 88 (96,7%) apresentaram a forma inativa e apenas em 3 (3,2%) cistos em processo granulomatoso; não houve formas mistas. A prevalência de casos de NCC foi maior entre 51 e 60 anos. Não houve diferença significativa para o sexo entre os casos. O perfil dos pacientes diagnosticados para NCC por TC neste estudo é semelhante ao estudo anterior realizado em Curitiba entre 1995-1996, com 9,24% de casos de NCC. |
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