Cysticercus cellulosae in the Eyelid

Jampol, Lee M.; Caldwell, John B. H.; Albert, Daniel M.

doi:10.1001/archopht.1973.01000040321012

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“…Recently, in two different studies conducted on myocysticercosis, the reported age ranges were 3−40 years 40 and 11−38 years, 6 respectively. The youngest patient reported to date with ophthalmic cysticercosis was 2 years of age 66 . The parasite is less common in patients over the age of 40 years 1 .…”

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“…The parasitic cyst in the eyelid usually presents as a sub‐cutaneous, painless, small, mobile nodule often felt on light palpation 6,12,21,22,25,27,66,67 . Varying degrees of mechanical ptosis may be associated with it 66 . Rarely it may masquerade as a dermoid cyst.…”

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“…Moreover, its verification may be important for the diagnosis of more severe central nervous system involvement 25,67 . To date, surgical removal of the cyst from both locations has been conducted with good results 6,12,25,27,29,66 …”

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“…On surveying the literature on myocysticercosis, we found that the commonest muscle reported to date is the medial rectus (42%), followed by superior rectus (18%), lateral rectus (15%), inferior rectus (13%), superior oblique (5%), levator palpebral superioris (5%) and inferior oblique (1%). 6,23,26,28,[34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41]43,[62][63][64][65] The subconjunctival space is another common site, 6,21,24,33,38 followed by the eyelid, 6,12,21,22,27,40,66,67 optic nerve, 5-11 retroorbital space 6,12,28,35 and lacrimal gland. 12,29 In all cases of eyelid cysticercosis so far recorded, the cyst was found to be lodged in the subcutaneous tissue, except in one case, where it lodged in the orbicularis oculi muscle.…”

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Orbital and adnexal cysticercosis

Pushker

Bajaj

Betharia

2002

Clinical Exper Ophthalmology

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Orbital and adnexal cysticercosis is emerging as a far commoner disease than previously considered, both in endemic and nonendemic areas of cysticercosis. A review of the literature on orbital and adnexal cysticercosis found that it has a predilection for children and young adults with no definite sex predilection. The extraocular muscle form is the commonest type of orbital and adnexal cysticercosis. Lodgement of cysts in the subconjunctival space is another common site, followed by the eyelid, optic nerve, retro-orbital space and lacrimal gland. Association of orbital cysticercosis with systemic cysticercosis is quite rare. The clinical manifestations of orbital or adnexal cysticercosis are entirely different and depend on the location, size, relation to adjacent structures and stage of evolution of the cyst. Diagnosis of cysticercosis is based mainly on orbital imaging because of its highly specific appearance. Tissue diagnosis is not essential for initiating treatment. Medical therapy is the recommended treatment for the extraocular muscle form and retro-orbital cysticer-cosis. Surgical removal is advocated for subconjunctival and eyelid cysticercosis. Because of the limited number of cases of optic nerve and lacrimal gland cysticercosis, their treatment is controversial.

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Orbital and adnexal cysticercosis

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Bajaj

Betharia

2002

Clinical Exper Ophthalmology

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“…Common sites of involvement are brain, skeletal muscles and subcutaneous tissue 1 . Though ocular involvement is common in endemic areas, extraocular orbital cysticercosis is uncommon 2 .…”

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Orbital Cysticercosis: Comparing Multi-Slice CT and Steady State MR to Identify Scolex

Srikanth

Nagarajan²,

Jayakumar³

et al. 2006

Neuroradiol J

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Orbital cysticercosis with both ocular and extraocular involvement is common in endemic areas. The presence of scolex is considered diagnostic of cysticercosis. We sought to compare multi-slice CT and 3D steady state MR in the identification of scolex in orbital cysticercosis. Three patients with orbital cysticercosis (two extra-ocular, one ocular) were studied using multi-slice CT with thin coronal and sagittal reformations and 3D steady state MR (CISS 3D — Constructive Interference in Steady State) sequence.

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Cysticercosis of the Eyelid

Perry¹,

Font²

1978

Archives of Ophthalmology

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Cysticercus cellulosae in the Eyelid

Cited by 18 publications

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Orbital and adnexal cysticercosis

Orbital and adnexal cysticercosis

Orbital Cysticercosis: Comparing Multi-Slice CT and Steady State MR to Identify Scolex

Cysticercosis of the Eyelid

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