Taenia solium ocular cysticercosis: findings in 30 cases.
We found the following results in 30 patients with intraocular cysticercosis: (1) a higher incidence in the first two decades of life compared with neurocysticercosis, (2) living cysticerci concomitant with inflammatory reactions, (3) diseases related to immune dysfunction in 17% of the cases, (4) anticysticercus antibodies in 57% of cases, (5) blindness in 81% of patients despite proper surgery, and (6) adult Taenia solium infection in a higher frequency of cases than expected for the Mexican population. We discuss these findings in light of recent and established knowledge regarding this disease.
Cardenas
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Departamento de Oftalmologia, Instituto Nacional de Nutricion, Salvador Subiran, Mexico.
Quiroz
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Plancarte
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Meza
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Dalma
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Flisser
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000601:surgery; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery; D012599:Sclerostomy; D013621:Taenia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000469:parasitology