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- Aspectos clínicos e evolutivos da hidrocefalia na neurocisticercose
- Clinical and evolutive aspects of hydrocephalus in neurocysticercosis
- Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
- 0004-282X
- Com o propósito de analisar os aspectos clínicos da hidrocefalia (HDC) na neurocisticercose (NCC), realizou-se o estudo retrospectivo de 47 prontuários de pacientes com HDC e NCC. Verificou-se que 70,2% eram homens, entre 21 e 50 anos. A hipertensão intracraniana (HIC) ocorreu em todos os pacientes, cefaléia (CEF) em 89,4%, meningoencefalite (ME) em 80,8% e distúrbios psíquicos (PSI) em 74,5%. A síndrome liquórica da NCC foi detectada em 65,9% pacientes. Além da HDC, as tomografias computadorizadas de crânio (TC) mostraram lesões císticas e edema cerebral difuso em 59,6% cada, calcificações em 55,3%. Dos 41 pacientes (87,2%) com derivação ventriculoperitoneal (DVP), em 22 (53,7%) deles foram necessárias uma a sete revisões/paciente (média=3). A evolução foi satisfatória em 51,1% e fatal em 31,9%. Conclui-se que a hidrocefalia é mais comum no sexo masculino em idade produtiva, tendo a HIC, CEF, MN e PSI como manifestações freqüentes e que, a necessidade de revisões de DVP, piora o prognóstico.
- With the purpose to verify clinical aspects of hydrocephalus (HC) in patients with neurocysticercosis (NCC), a retrospective study of 47 patients was performed. The majority of patients (70.2%) were men aging 21-50 years. Intracranial hypertension (ICH) occurred in all patients, headache (HA) in 42 (89.4%), meningoencephalitis (ME) in 38 (80.8%) and psychiatric disorders (PD) in 34 (72.3%). The cerebrospinal fluid syndrome of NCC was detected in 31 patients (65.9%). In addition to HC, computed tomography (CT) scans showed cystic lesions in 28 (59.6%) patients, diffuse brain edema also in 28 (59.6%), and calcifications in 26 (55.3%). Shunts were inserted in 41 (87.2%) patients and 22 (53.7%) of them were submitted to 1-7 surgical revision/patient (mean=3) that were higher (mean=4) in those who died than in survivors (mean=2). Evolution was satisfactory in 24 (51.1%) patients and fatal in 15 (31.9%). It is possible to conclude that, in patients with NCC, HC occurs predominantly in men in productive life with ICH, HA, ME and PD as common manifestations, and the need for shunt revision makes patient's prognosis worse.
- 1-Sep-2007
- Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria. Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO, v. 65, n. 3a, p. 674-680, 2007.
- 674-680
- Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
- aspectos clínicos
- hidrocefalia
- neurocisticercose
- clinical aspects
- hydrocephalus
- neurocysticercosis
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0004-282X2007000400025
- http://hdl.handle.net/11449/12488
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- http://repositorio.unesp.br/handle/11449/12488
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