1043-3155 Pediatr Neurol Briefs pedneurbriefs Pediatr Neurol Briefs Pediatric Neurology Briefs Pediatr Neurol Briefs 2166-6482 1043-3155 2166-3155 Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers Chicago, IL, USA PNB-13-08-b 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-13-1-12 Infectious Disorders Neurology Pediatrics Nervous System Diseases Child Development Brain Diseases Neurosurgery Child Infant EEG in Active and Inactive Neurocysticercosis http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0173-7931 Millichap J. Gordon MD 1 2 * Division of Neurology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL Correspondence: Dr. J. Gordon Millichap, E-mail: jgmillichap@northwestern.edu 01 1999 01 05 2016 13 1 8 8 Copyright: © 1999 The Author(s) 1999 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Correlation of electroencephalography and the active and inactive forms of neurocysticercosis

The interictal EEG of 50 epileptic patients, aged 5 to 61 years (mean, 24), with parenchymal neurocysticercosis was analyzed at Charles R Drew University, Los Angeles, CA.

 Parenchymal Neurocysticercosis Generalized Seizures Fronto-Temporal Lobes

The interictal EEG of 50 epileptic patients, aged 5 to 61 years (mean, 24), with parenchymal neurocysticercosis was analyzed at Charles R Drew University, Los Angeles, CA. Neuroysticercosis was diagnosed by CT/MRI of the brain, positive immunological reaction for cysticercosis in cerebrospinal fluid, or both. Generalized seizures occurred in 36 patients, and partial seizures in 14. Inactive disease with parenchymal calcification was present in 22, active disease with cysts in 21, and both forms in 7. The EEG was abnormal in 14 patients (28%) having either active or mixed forms of neurocysticercosis (50%) or only the active form (48%). The EEG was normal in patients with inactive forms with calcification only. The fronto-temporal lobes were mainly involved in active forms with seizures and abnormal EEGs, and temporal locations were infrequent. Generalized seizures were common while complex partial seizures were rare. [1]

Chayasirisobhon S Menoni R Chayasirisobhon W Locke GE Correlation of electroencephalography and the active and inactive forms of neurocysticercosis Clin Electroencenhalogr 1999 Jan 30 1 9 11 10.1177/155005949903000106 9891185