title: Taenia solium ocular cysticercosis: findings in 30 cases.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Oftalmologia, Instituto Nacional de Nutricion, Salvador Subiran, Mexico.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cardenas
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Quiroz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Plancarte
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meza
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dalma
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Flisser
mesh_terms: 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