Seizures in a 20-month-old native of Minnesota: A case of neurocysticercosis

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 860-862

  Mody, Rajal ^a   Nield, Linda S ^b   Stauffer, William ^a   Kamat, Deepak ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurocysticercosis; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD INTAKE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TAENIA SOLIUM; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29144442896     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000190232.20233.45     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Stamos JK, Rowley AH, Hahn YS, et al. Neurocysticercosis: report of unusual pediatric cases. Pediatrics. 1996;98:974-977.
2. Kruskal BA, Moths L, Teele DW. Neurocysticercosis in a child with no history of travel outside the continental United States. Clin Infect Dis. 1993;16:290-292.
3. Fleury A, Gomez T, Alvarez I, et al. High prevalence of calcified silent neurocysticercosis in a rural village of Mexico. Neuroepidemiology. 2003;22:139-145.
4. Medina MT, Rosas E, Rubio-Donnadieu F, et al. Neurocysticercosis as the main cause of late-onset epilepsy in Mexico. Arch Intern Med. 1990; 150:325-327.
5. Sorvillo FJ, Portigal L, DeGiorgio C, et al. Cysticercosis-related deaths, California. Emerg Infect Dis Web site. March 2004. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol10no3/02-0749.htm. Accessed March 25, 2004.
6. Shandera WX, White AC Jr, Chen JC. Neurocysticercosis in Houston, Texas. A report of 112 cases. Medicine. 1994;73:37-52.
7. Scharf D. Neurocysticercosis. Two hundred thirty-eight cases from a California hospital. Arch Neurol. 1988;45:777-780.
8. Ong S, Talan DA, Moran GJ, et al. Neurocysticercosis in radiographically imaged seizure patients in US emergency departments. Emerg Infect Dis. 2002;8:608-613.
9. Schantz PM, Moore AC, Munoz JL, et al. Neurocysticercosis in an orthodox Jewish community in New York City. NEJM. 1992;327:692-695.
10. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Locally acquired neurocysticercosis - North Carolina, Massachusetts, and South Carolina, 1989-1991. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1992;41(1):1-4.
11. Committee on Infectious Disease. American Academy of Pediatrics Tapeworm diseases. In: Pickering LK, eds. Red Book: 2003 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. 26th ed. Elk Grove Village, Ill: American Academy of Pediatrics; 2003:608-610.
12. Morales NM, Agapejev S, Morales RR, et al. Clinical aspects of neurocysticercosis in children. Pediatr Neurol. 2000;22:287-291.
13. Schneider RK, Robinson MJ, Levenson JL. Psychiatric presentation of non-HIV infectious diseases. Neurocysticercosis, Lyme disease and pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infection. Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2002;25:1-16.
14. Wraige E, Graham J, Robb SA, et al. Neurocysticercosis masquerading as a cerebral infarct. J Child Neurol. 2003;18:298-300.
15. Antoniuk SA, Bruck I, Coutinho Dos Santos LH, et al. Seizures associated with calcification and edema in neurocysticercosis. Pediatr Neurol. 2001;25:309-311.
16. Talukdar B, Saxena A, Popli VK, et al. Neurocysticercosis in children; clinical characteristics and outcome. Ann Trap Paediatr. 2002;22:333-339.
17. Singhi P, Ray M, Singhi S, et al. Clinical spectrum of 500 children with neurocysticercosis and response to albendazole therapy. J Child Neurol. 2000;15:207-213.
18. DelBrutto OH, Rajshekhar V, White AC Jr. Proposed diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis. Neurology. 2001;57:177-183.
19. Garcia HH, Evans CAW, Nash TE, et al. Current consensus guidelines for treatment of neurocysticercosis. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2002;15:747-756.