Neurocysticercosis in a general hospital in San Luis Potosí, México [Neurocisticercosis en un hospital general en San Luis Potosí, México] Article uri icon

abstract

  • Cysticercosis is the most common parasitic disease of the CNS and the main cause of secondary epilepsy in developing countries. We present the number of patients with neurocysticercosis evaluated at a general hospital in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, on the basis of the files of the department of neuroimaging. The prevalence of neurocysticercosis that we found in this sample (28%25 of patients with secondary epilepsy) confirm that this parasitic disease is a common cause of secondary epilepsy and a major public health problem in our city.

publication date

  • 2000-01-01