RESUMO -Foram estudados através de entrevistas semi-estruturadas pacientes submetidos a tomografia computadorizada de crânio em um centro de diagnóstico por imagem na cidade de Lages. Realizaram-se entrevistas em 42 pacientes positivos para cisticercose cerebral e 57 pacientes sem alterações patológicas ao referido exame. Os pacientes com diagnóstico positivo relataram com maior frequência manifestações clínicas relacionadas à neurocisticercose, sendo este fato mais marcante para o sexo feminino, com exceção de convulsões, que ocorreram mais no sexo masculino (19,05%) que no feminino (7,14%). A maior percentagem de diagnósticos de formas inativas (83,33%) e o relato de sintomas em um tempo mais prolongado entre os entrevistados positivos sugerem que o problema é antigo.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: cisticercose, neurocisticercose, tomografia computadorizada. Clinical manifestations in patients with computerized tomography diagnosis of neurocysticercosisABSTRACT -A survey was conducted in the urban area of Lages using patients who had been submitted to a computed tomography of the skull in the period of March-December, 1996, for different reasons. Forty-two patients with a provisional diagnosis of neurocysticercosis, and 57 negatives were personally interviewed by one of the authors (Pfuetzenreiter), using a semi-structured procedure. More individuals with a provisional diagnostic of neurocysticercosis reported clinical manifestations related to this infection than those found negative. This difference is more marked among women, except in relation to convulsions, more frequently reported by men (19.05%) than by women (7.14%). The greater percentage of inactive forms (83.33%) and a longer history of perceived symptoms among those positives suggest that the condition is not new.
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