Bilateral multifocal intraocular cysticercosis.
A 47-year-old male from India was treated for the rare condition of bilateral multifocal intraocular infestation with Cysticercus cellulosae, the larval form of Taenia solium. The intravitreous parasite in the left eye was removed via pars plana vitrectomy. A subretinal cysticercus in the right eye, which caused a rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, was removed via sclerotomy during the scleral buckling procedure. An additional peripapillary subretinal cyst could not be removed. A subconjunctival cysticercus was incidentally found and removed at the time of surgery. The patient returned to India six weeks after surgery and is doing well.
D003229:Conjunctival Diseases / Q000469:parasitology; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D003552:Cysticercus / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000469:parasitology; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000601:surgery