Incidencia, mortalidad y presentación clínica de neurocisticercosis en el servicio de neurología del Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo durante el periodo 2000-2016.

Abstract

Introduction: Neurocysticercosis is the infection of the nervous system by the larval form of the cestode Taenia solium, is endemic in developing countries like Ecuador and is the main cause of refractory epilepsy of known origin.Methods and Materials: Cross-sectional, descriptive study was carried out in 105 patients diagnosed with neurocysticercosis treated at the Neurology or Neurosurgery Service Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo during the period 2000-2016. The collection was done by reviewing medical records. Results: mean age was found in the 45 years, the distribution according to sex was 64.8% for men and 35.2% women convulsive crisis with 56.2% the main reason for consultation. There was a tendency to increase from 2011 with a prevalence of 2006-2010 of 0.1% and from 2011 to 2016 of 0.2%.Conclusions: It is possible to show the tendency to increase the disease, which would seem to indicate that the disease in our country was not totally controlled.