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Título

Frequência de Neurocisticercose em doentes admitidos no Hospital Américo Boavida de 2012-2014

Resumo

Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a worldwide public health problem, being the most common
parasitic infection of the Central Nervous System (CNS), caused by the larval form of Taenia
solium, the cysticercus cellulosae. It is the most frequent cause of epilepsy worldwide and has
a lethality rate ranging from 16.4% to 25.9% in regions considered endemic, which include
countries in Southern Africa, Asia, South and Central America, mainly affecting rural
communities in developing countries.

Objective: To describe the Frequency of Neurocysticercosis in patients admitted to the Neurology Service of Hospital Américo Boavida from 2012 to 2014.

Methodology: Retrospective descriptive study, the sample selection was by the non-probabilistic method for convenience, where all the Clinical Processes of patients admitted to the Neurology service of Hospital Américo Boavida in the period from 2012 to 2014, of both sexes, with aged over 18 years who were accompanied by computed tomography of the skull.

Results: 923 clinical files were analyzed, of which 31 (3.3%) presented calcifications suggestive of NCC. Of these (51.6%) were female. The age of the patients ranged from 25 to 85 years, with a predominance of the age group from 66 to 75 years (25.8%); (74.2%) of the patients were single, and most of them lived in the municipality of Rangel (25.8%), followed by the municipality of Cacuaco (22.6%). Regarding the number of calcifications in the tomographic findings, most had 1-2 calcifications (46.7%). Headache (32,3%) and epileptic seizures (25,8%) were the most frequent symptoms. As for the form and stage of the cysts, (96.8%) of the patients had the cysts in the calcification stage and only one (3.2%) in the active stage.

Conclusion: In this study, the frequency of Neurocysticercosis is 3.3%, which we can consider high. The female gender was more representative; The Municipalities of Rangel and Cacuaco had higher numbers of cases of NCC; Headaches and seizures were the most frequent symptoms.