Investigation in autopsy material on the hypothesis of the association between obesity and neurocysticercosis

Authors

  • Ana Carolina Guimarães Faleiros UFG
  • Juliana Reis Machado
  • Marcos Vinicius da Silva
  • Marlene Antônia dos Reis
  • Vicente de Paula Antunes Teixeira
  • Ruy de Souza Lino Junior

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/rpt.v40i1.13920

Keywords:

Neurocysticercosis, Obesity, Hypothalamus.

Abstract

Introduction: Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is an infection of the Central Nervous
System that may be associated with obesity when the cysticercus affects
hypothalamic centers associated to the appetite and satiety. Aim: to compare the
Body Mass Index (BMI) of autopsied patients with NCC (except hypothalamic)
with an autopsied group without cysticercosis. Methods: 2,629 protocols from
autopsies from 1970 until 2004 were revised and the following variables evaluated:
BMI, positive diagnosis, and localization of neurocysticercosis. NCC was found in
71 autopsies (2.7%). The median BMI of the group with NCC, which was 19.06
kg/m2, was significantly lower (p=0.001) in comparison with the group without
cysticercosis with a BMI of 20.76 kg/m2. Conclusion: NCC itself is not related to
obesity, except when the cysticercus has hypothalamic localization.

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Published

2011-04-14

Issue

Vol. 40 No. 1 (2011)

Section

SHORT COMMUNICATION

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How to Cite

FALEIROS, A. C. G. et al. Investigation in autopsy material on the hypothesis of the association between obesity and neurocysticercosis. Revista de Patologia Tropical / Journal of Tropical Pathology, v. 40, n. 1, p. 89–91, 14 Apr.2011.