Unifocal, subconjunctival twin cysticercosis cysts.
We report a case of multiple, unifocal, subconjunctival cysticercosis in an 8-year-old boy. Two cysts, each with a scolex, were in the subconjunctival space. They were removed surgically, and histopathologically proven to be Cysticercus cellulosae. This is only the second report of twin cysticercus in the literature, to the best of our knowledge.
Kumar
Arvind
A
Oculoplastic and Paediatric Ophthalmology Services, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Pushker
Neelam
N
Bajaj
Mandeep S
MS
Sen
Seema
S
Agrawal
Anand
A
D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D003229:Conjunctival Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D003552:Cysticercus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed