TY - JOUR
T1 - The Use of Albendazole in Patients with Single Lesions Enhanced on Contrast CT
AU - Del Brutto, Oscar H.
PY - 1993/2/4
Y1 - 1993/2/4
N2 - To the Editor: Single lesions that are enhanced during computed tomography (CT) with a contrast agent are frequently found in patients with partial seizures. Reports from the Indian subcontinent suggested that these lesions were tuberculomas1; however, recent studies have shown that cysticercosis is the most common cause of such lesions2. On the basis of these results, patients with partial seizures and single lesions enhanced on contrast CT usually receive symptomatic treatment and are reevaluated with CT after 8 to 12 weeks3. Further investigation is indicated only if the lesion has not disappeared by that time. Nevertheless, since…
AB - To the Editor: Single lesions that are enhanced during computed tomography (CT) with a contrast agent are frequently found in patients with partial seizures. Reports from the Indian subcontinent suggested that these lesions were tuberculomas1; however, recent studies have shown that cysticercosis is the most common cause of such lesions2. On the basis of these results, patients with partial seizures and single lesions enhanced on contrast CT usually receive symptomatic treatment and are reevaluated with CT after 8 to 12 weeks3. Further investigation is indicated only if the lesion has not disappeared by that time. Nevertheless, since…
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0027507042
U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199302043280517
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199302043280517
M3 - Carta
C2 - 8419828
AN - SCOPUS:0027507042
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 328
SP - 356
EP - 357
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 5
ER -