title: Intraocular cysticercosis: case series and comprehensive review of the literature.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the demographics and clinical characteristics in patients with intraocular cysticercosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective case series and comprehensive literature review.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Intraocular cysticercosis was diagnosed in 21 of 21,079 patients (0.10%) seen by the uveitis service at Aravind Eye Hospital. At presentation, visual acuity was 20/200 or worse in 14 eyes (63.6%). Inflammation was unilateral in all but one patient (95.2%). The cyst was located in the vitreous cavity in 36.4% of eyes and in the subretinal space in 63.6% of eyes. In the literature review, most patients were affected unilaterally (98.5%); visual acuity at presentation was 20/200 or worse in 82.3% of eyes; and the cyst was located in the vitreous cavity in 59.5% of eyes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Intraocular cysticercosis usually affects young patients unilaterally. The cyst may be in either the vitreous cavity or the subretinal space, and visual acuity at presentation is often poor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA.
authors.forename: Jon D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Wender
authors.forename: Sivakumar R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Rathinam
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: Emmett T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Cunningham
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012160:Retina; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014822:Vitreous Body; D055815:Young Adult