Atypical presentations of orbital cysticercosis.
We describe three patients with orbital cysticercosis who presented with atypical clinical or radiologic features previously unreported. All three patients had a cyst with a scolex on imaging studies. After 6 weeks of treatment, all three had almost complete resolution of their features.
Pushker
Neelam
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Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India.
Chaturvedi
Amrita
A
Balasubramanya
Ramamurthy
R
Bajaj
Mandeep S
MS
Kumar
Neena
N
Sony
Parul
P
D000328:Adult; D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D011239:Prednisolone; D015766:Albendazole