CLINICAL AND SUBCLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH CYSTICERCOSIS IN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA, PARASITOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY, 2017 - 2020
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Abstract
Cysticercosis (ATSL) is a parasitic disease with a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations so it is difficult to diagnose.
Objectives: To study the clinical and subclinical characteristics of patients with ATSL.
Methods: Collecting information of 120 ALS patients treated at the National Institute of Malaria, Parasitology and Entomology during…. .
Results: The mean age was 51.23 ±11.59 years old. The highest proportion was found among the 41–50 -year age group (30.8%) and 51-60 -year age group (34.2%). The majority of the patients was male (80.0%) and female accounted for only 20%. The most common symptoms were headache (88.3%), convulsions (60.0%) followed by other symptoms such as fainting, memory loss, limb numbness... There were 5% patients with a history of defecating tapeworm proglottis and 2.5% having subcutaneous nodules. The majority of patients had a long duration of symptoms and 49.2% of them had the disease for 2 years or more. Eosinophilia was reported in 37.5% of the patients with the average proportion of eosinophils was of 4.56%. On magnetic resonance imaging of the brain, the cysts were mainly detected in the hemisphere (69.2% of patients), cortex, subcortical (50%).
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Keywords
Cysticercosis, clinical, paraclinical characteristic
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