Pseudoseizures and epilepsy in neurocysticercosis

• Autores: H Foyaca Sibat, LdeF Ibanez Valdes
• Localización: Revista Electrónica de Biomedicina, ISSN-e 1697-090X, Nº. 2, 2003, págs. 79-87
• Idioma: varios idiomas
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  • We studied 32 rural patients from the poorest regions in South Africa, diagnosed as epilepsy due to neurocysticercosis presenting pseudoseizures. We found that the common clinical characteristics of this series and its psychological profile such as: duration of events, history of sexual abuse in females, absent of focal neurological signs, vocalization in the middle of the seizures, and lack of post-ictal symptoms were very useful for its differential diagnosis, and the possible difference between the clinical features and psychological profile of those patients and others without PS. Finally, some advices for the management of this condition by family doctors are suggested.