Cysticercosis Epilepsy
- 23 August 1941
- Vol. 2 (4207) , 263-265
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.2.4207.263
Abstract
Cf. Lancet 240 (6144): 700, 1941 and Brit. Med. Jour., 1941 1: 401 and 492. Taenia solium infection, rare in England and the U.S., is common in Asia, Africa, N. Germany and other parts of Europe. The larva {Cysticercus cellulosae) may cause a condition simulating epilepsy. In one case an ex-soldier, previously in India, had suffered 4 yrs. with acute insanity and epileptiform attacks. Postmortem exam. showed numerous cysticerci in the cortex, and others in the sulci, ventricles, basal ganglia, optic thalami, cerebral peduncle, and cerebellar hemisphere; there were 100 or more scattered throughout the brain. 4 were found in the myocardium of the ventricle and one in the thigh. In all cases of mental derangement and epilepsy among those in foreign service the possibility of cysticercosis should be considered. 10 references.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Cysticercosis EpilepsyBMJ, 1941