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On the relationship between calcified neurocysticercosis and epilepsy in an endemic village: A large-scale, computed tomography-based population study in rural Ecuador.

Oscar H Del BruttoGianfranco ArroyoVictor J Del BruttoMauricio ZambranoHéctor H García
Published in: Epilepsia (2017)
This large CT-based study demonstrates that PWE had three times the odds of having NCC than those without epilepsy, providing robust epidemiological evidence favoring the relationship between NCC and epilepsy.
Keyphrases
  • computed tomography
  • positron emission tomography
  • dual energy
  • image quality
  • contrast enhanced
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • south africa
  • temporal lobe epilepsy
  • pet ct