Introduction to Cysticercosis and Its Historical Background

Sibat, Humberto Foyaca; Valdés, Lourdes de Fátima Ibañez

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“…"The significantly higher incidence of dissociation in the patients with PNES suggests dissociation in the pathogenesis of these seizures" [13]. The aim of this study was to identify a psychological profile of a group of patients with epilepsy NCC-related presenting PNES and to detect the possible difference between the clinical features and psychological profile of patients affected by PNES and ES NCC-related and those patients in whom EPs are associated with NCC only and have been reported earlier [19][20][21][22][23][24][25].…”

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Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures in Patients Living with Neurocysticercosis

Valdés¹,

Foyaca-Sibat²

2018

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Very little is known about psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) in patients with cysticercosis in the brain. We review the available medical literature on PNES in patients with neurocysticercosis and found no reports on this matter apart from our publications. Based on our previous experiences with patients presenting neurocysticercosis and associated epileptic seizures and/or PNES, we compared our results with the current advances published up to date. We also discuss the available information about epidemiology including frequency and prevalence, the role of sexual abuse on the ethiopathogenesis of PNES, clinical diagnosis and its differential diagnosis, laboratory investigations and video electroencephalogram, methods to induce PNES, medical treatment, and psychological intervention.

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Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures in Patients Living with Neurocysticercosis

Valdés¹,

Foyaca-Sibat²

2018

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“…The main clinical manifestation of NCC is ES; then the first human being presenting NCC also had ES. Probably the first human being infected by Taenia solium was the Homo ergaster [1,2]. Therefore, the history of epileptic seizures began at the Lower Pleistocene (between 1.51 and 1.56 million years ago) when H. ergaster lived.…”

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“…Therefore, the history of epileptic seizures began at the Lower Pleistocene (between 1.51 and 1.56 million years ago) when H. ergaster lived. Tapeworms that plague humanity originated in carnivores such as lions, hyenas, or African dogs and jumped to humans after they began eating their prey animals on the African savannah [2]. Modern humans share the same differences as H. ergaster with Asian H. erectus, leading the possibility that H. ergaster is the ancestor of later Homo population [2,3].…”

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“…Paracelsus (1493-1541 AD) dealt with epilepsy. He agrees that epilepsy may originate from the brain or the liver, the heart, the intestines, and the limbs but he also suspected that epilepsy of a sick priest derived from the presence of brain cyst [2]. Paracelsus views about the human nature and the construction of the human body from mercury, sulfur, and salt which led him to a different model for the causes of epilepsy.…”

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Introductory Chapter: Seizures and Its Historical Background

Foyaca-Sibat¹,

Valdés²

2018

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“…7 In 1860, Virchow, who also described this parasite called cysticercus multilocularis, presented the first description of the macropathology and the respective clinical correlations. 8 The term "cysticerci multilocularis by cysticercus racemose" was permanently changed by Zenker in 1882. Later, Griesinger studied a series of 86 patients in 1862, identified a direct association between cerebral cysticercosis and epilepsy, and proposed a first disease classification.…”

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Psychiatric Disorders of Neurocysticercosis: Narrative Review

El-Kady¹,

Allemailem

Almatroudi

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Neurocysticercosis, the most common type of neuroparasitosis, is a condition in which the central nervous system (CNS) is infested with the pork tapeworm Taenia solium cysticercosis' larvae. Neurocysticercosis is the most widespread parasitic CNS disease worldwide, affecting more than 50 million individuals. As neurocysticercosis is prevalent in developing countries, the growing number of migrants and travelers increases prevalence in developed countries. Possible neuropsychiatric manifestations are depression, cognitive dysfunction, dementia, and visual hallucinations. Depending on the cysts' location in the CNS, focal neurology or psychiatric symptoms manifest. The diagnosis of neurocysticercosis is based on neuroimaging and serology. The correlation between specific symptoms and the cyst's location might help better understand psychiatric disorders' pathophysiology. Nonetheless, the exact prevalence of neurocysticercosis is seldom reported in patients with psychiatric disorders, which may be due to the lack of imaging availability in developing countries with a high prevalence.

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Introduction to Cysticercosis and Its Historical Background

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Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures in Patients Living with Neurocysticercosis

Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures in Patients Living with Neurocysticercosis

Introductory Chapter: Seizures and Its Historical Background

Psychiatric Disorders of Neurocysticercosis: Narrative Review

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