Analysis on the clinical symptoms and electroencephalograms of 100 epilepsy cases caused by cerebral cysticercus
Objective To study the characteristics of clinical systems and electroencephalograms in patients with epilepsy caused by cerebral cysticercus.Methods The clinical and electroencephalogram data from 100 epilepsy cases caused by cerebral cysticercus treated at Dali prefecture second people's hospital were retrospectively analyzed.The relationship between the form,frequency of epilepsy seizures and the parasitized location of cysticercus in brain as well as clinical types was then discussed.Results In a total of 100 cases,the electroencephalogram was normal in 6 cases (6%),abnormal in 94 cases (94%),among them mild abnormalities in 48 cases,moderately abnormal in 29 cases,and severe abnormalities in 17 cases.The main change in brain electroencephalogram of neurocysticercosis was the basic waves appearing paroxysmal high amplitude delta activities in a background of slow waves with moderate amplitude with deficiency of alpha waves.The electroencephalogram change process was not completely consistent with the severity of symptoms,but with the development course of the disease.Conclusion Electroencephalogram examination is of important value in the diagnosis and evaluation of curative effects of epilepsy caused by cerebral cysticercus.