Difficult to control epilepsy in Young Female: a common problem in a low resource setting
13-year old girl presented to the medical outpatient department with epilepsy diagnosed within the preceding 3 months. However, her seizures were becoming more frequent despite being on Carbamazepine and Phenobarbital at maximal tolerable dosages. She had no recent history of head trauma neither any...
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| author | Innocent Lule Segamwenge Ngalyuka Paul Kioko |
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| description | 13-year old girl presented to the medical outpatient department with epilepsy diagnosed within the preceding 3 months. However, her seizures were becoming more frequent despite being on Carbamazepine and Phenobarbital at maximal tolerable dosages. She had no recent history of head trauma neither any other medical illness. Her physical examination was unremarkable. Her full blood count, liver and kidney function tests were within normal limits. A Brain CT scan was ordered which revealed multiple calcified and vesicular cysts within the Brain parenchyma; features consistent with Neurocysticercosis. The stool examination was negative for Taenia species ova. She was treated with Albendazole 400mg tid for 1 month and subsequent CT scans at 4 weekly intervals showed marked reduction in the number of active (vesicular cysts). Brain CT scans showing multiple vesicular cysts before treatment with Albendazole (A and B) and after treatment (C and D) |
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| spelling | doaj.art-14751549bd944e11a912ac43dde1b2e82022-12-21T20:03:17ZengThe Pan African Medical JournalThe Pan African Medical Journal1937-86881937-86882014-07-011821210.11604/pamj.2014.18.212.48184818Difficult to control epilepsy in Young Female: a common problem in a low resource settingInnocent Lule Segamwenge0Ngalyuka Paul Kioko1 Department of Internal Medicine, Intermediate Hospital Oshakati, Private Bag 5501, Oshakati, Namibia Department of Internal Medicine, Intermediate Hospital Oshakati, Private Bag 5501, Oshakati, Namibia 13-year old girl presented to the medical outpatient department with epilepsy diagnosed within the preceding 3 months. However, her seizures were becoming more frequent despite being on Carbamazepine and Phenobarbital at maximal tolerable dosages. She had no recent history of head trauma neither any other medical illness. Her physical examination was unremarkable. Her full blood count, liver and kidney function tests were within normal limits. A Brain CT scan was ordered which revealed multiple calcified and vesicular cysts within the Brain parenchyma; features consistent with Neurocysticercosis. The stool examination was negative for Taenia species ova. She was treated with Albendazole 400mg tid for 1 month and subsequent CT scans at 4 weekly intervals showed marked reduction in the number of active (vesicular cysts). Brain CT scans showing multiple vesicular cysts before treatment with Albendazole (A and B) and after treatment (C and D) https://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/18/212/pdf/212.pdf epilepsyseizuresneurocysticercosis |
| spellingShingle | Innocent Lule Segamwenge Ngalyuka Paul Kioko Difficult to control epilepsy in Young Female: a common problem in a low resource setting The Pan African Medical Journal epilepsy seizures neurocysticercosis |
| title | Difficult to control epilepsy in Young Female: a common problem in a low resource setting |
| title_full | Difficult to control epilepsy in Young Female: a common problem in a low resource setting |
| title_fullStr | Difficult to control epilepsy in Young Female: a common problem in a low resource setting |
| title_full_unstemmed | Difficult to control epilepsy in Young Female: a common problem in a low resource setting |
| title_short | Difficult to control epilepsy in Young Female: a common problem in a low resource setting |
| title_sort | difficult to control epilepsy in young female a common problem in a low resource setting |
| topic | epilepsy seizures neurocysticercosis |
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