A Clinical Study on Cysticercosis

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 1(2); 1983 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 1983;1(2): 31-37.

낭미충증의 임상적 고찰

임병훈, 노재규, 명호진

서울대학교 신경과.

A Clinical Study on Cysticercosis

Byung-Hoon Im, M.D., Jae-Kyue Rho, M.D., Ho-Jin Myong, M.D.

Department of Neurology, Seoul National University

Abstract

Authors reviewed the clinical features and diagnostic approaches in 70 patients of cysticercosis who had been diagnosed at Seoul National University Hospital from 1978 to 1982. The ages of the 70 patients ranged from 4 to 65 years at the time of the diagnosis (mean age 36.9years) with 62.9 percent between the age 20 and 50 years. Male were more frequently involved than female (2:1). Forty-seven patients (67.1%) presented with neurological symptoms and signs, among which epileptic seizures (66%) was the most common one. Subcutaneous nodules were observed in 36 patients (50.1%) and 24 patients of them had no abnomal clinical findings other than subcutaneous nodules. Computed tomography (CT), employed in 46 patients, showed multiple low densties in 31 patients (67.4%).