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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1684-1824</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Médica Electrónica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev.Med.Electrón.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1684-1824</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1684-18242024000100054</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Neurocisticercosis infantil. A propósito de un caso]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Infantile neurocysticercosis. About a case]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Valentín-Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Aymara]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández-Fuentes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Adalberto]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez-Roque]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Octavina]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General Docente Julio M. Arístegui Villamil  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Cárdenas Matanzas]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General Docente Pedro Betancourt  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Jovellanos Matanzas]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General Universitario Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Cienfuegos]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>46</volume>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1684-18242024000100054&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1684-18242024000100054&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1684-18242024000100054&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La neurocisticercosis es una de las infecciones parasitarias más frecuentes, originada por la larva de la Taenia solium al invadir el sistema nervioso central. Esta patología es endémica de algunos países de África, y está relacionada con hábitos dietéticos, costumbres, higiene y factores socioeconómicos, con mayor incidencia en pacientes escolares y adolescentes, aunque puede presentarse a cualquier edad. Su clínica es variable, unida a criterios epidemiológicos que hacen indispensable al médico de asistencia realizar examen clínico y estudios imagenológicos. Se presenta el caso clínico de una niña de 10 años de edad procedente de Kuito-Bie, Angola, que acude a consulta de neurología, con pérdida de la visión de aproximadamente seis meses de evolución, disminución de la fuerza muscular, episodios de alucinaciones, lenguaje incoherente y convulsiones tónico-clónicas generalizadas de siete días de evolución. Se solicita, de urgencia, una tomografía axial computarizada de cráneo, donde se confirma neurocisticercosis activa, con epilepsia sintomática en el curso de la misma. Los hallazgos clínicos e imagenológicos permiten un diagnóstico oportuno y tratamiento eficaz, lo que determina la evolución clínica de la neurocisticercosis en la infancia, según el estadio clínico y la respuesta inmunológica del huésped.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Neurocysticercosis is one of the most frequent parasitic infections caused by the larva of Taenia solium when invading the central nervous system. This pathology is endemic to some African countries, and is related to dietary habits, customs, hygiene and socioeconomic factors, with a higher incidence in school patients and adolescents, although it can occur at any age. Its clinical symptoms are variable, linked to epidemiological criteria that make it essential for the attending physician to perform a clinical examination and imaging studies It is presented the clinical case of a 10-year-old girl from Kuito-Bie, Angola, who attended the neurology clinic with vision loss of approximately 6 months of evolution, decreased muscle strength, episodes of hallucinations, incoherent speech, and generalized tonic-clonic seizures of 7 days of evolution. An emergency computed axial tomography of the skull was requested, where active neurocysticercosis is confirmed, with symptomatic epilepsy in its course. Clinical and imaging findings allow timely diagnosis and effective treatment, which determines the clinical evolution of neurocysticercosis in childhood, depending on the clinical stage and the host's immune response.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[epilepsia sintomática]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[convulsiones]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[neurocysticercosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[symptomatic epilepsy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[seizures]]></kwd>
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