Intraocular Cysticercosis

E, Kruger-Leite; Jalkh, Alex E.; Quiroz, Hugo; Schepens, Charles L.

doi:10.1016/0002-9394(85)90352-6

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“…11 Although vitreous, subretinal and subconjunctival cysticercosis have been reported most often, the orbit is occasionally the site of cyst lodgement. [12][13][14] In a series of ocular/adnexal cysticercosis, the most common location of Cysticerci was in the vitreous in 50% of cases; orbital cysts were present in 18% and subconjunctival cysts in 3%. Similar localization of ocular/ adnexal cysticercosis has been reported previously by other workers also.…”

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Orbital Cysticercosis

Bodh¹

2012

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Orbital Cysticercosis

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2012

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“…The cysts may be located in descending order of frequency, subretinal (35%), vitreous (22%), conjunctiva (22%), anterior segment (5%) and orbit (1%). 4 There may be geographic difference in the incidence of location of ocular cysticercosis; 2 for example, involvement of conjunctiva is most commonly reported in India, [5][6][7][8][9][10] whereas involvement of posterior segment of the eye is most commonly seen in Western countries.…”

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“…4,[14][15][16][17] Overall, the subconjunctival location was the most common site, constituting 63% of all cases, followed by intraocular location, as reported in various other Indian series (Table 2). [5][6][7][8][9][10] This is in contrast to the high frequency of involvement of intraocular tissues in the Western countries (Table 3). 3,11,12 Though no deÞ nitive cause could be attributed to this difference in the site of ocular predilection, hot, dry and dusty environment in tropical countries was considered as the possible modifying factor.…”

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Changing trends in ocular cysticercosis over two decades: An analysis of 118 surgically excised cysts

Madigubba¹,

Vishwanath²,

Reddy³

et al. 2007

Indian J Med Microbiol

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Purpose: To evaluate the frequency of ocular cysticercosis and to demonstrate the changing trends in localisation of ocular cysticercosis along with a brief review of literature. Methods: A retrospective analysis of histology proven ocular cysticercosis cases seen over a period of 20 years (1981 through 2000) was done. The pathology record forms were reviewed for demographics, clinical features with speciÞ c reference to the location of cysts in four subgroups: subconjunctival; intraocular orbit and eyelid. The distribution of cases in four Þ ve-year periods namely group A: 1981-1985, group B: 1986-1990, group C: 1991-1995 and group D: 1996-2000 and the changing trends in the location of cysts was evaluated. Results: One hundred eighteen cysts from 118 patients aged 4-72 (mean 17.1) years were submitted to the pathology service of S D Eye Hospital, Hyderabad. Male to female ratio was 1: 1.2. Total number of cases in groups A, B, C and D were 33, 41, 16 and 25 respectively. Location of cysts was subconjunctival -74 (62.7%); intraocular-31 (26.3%); orbital-8 (7%) and lid-5 (4%). In last 20 years, signiÞ cant decrease (P=0.0001) was noted in subconjunctival cases (85% vs. 28%) with a signiÞ cant rise (P=0.0001) in intraocular cysticercosis (6% vs. 60%). Conclusions: Frequency of surgically excised ocular cysticercosis remained constant over last two decades with an increasing manifestation of intravitreal cysticercosis in the recent years. This could imply either improved diagnostic modalities, available expertise in vitreo-retinal surgery or ineffective medical treatment for intraocular parasitic infection. The relative decrease in extraocular cysticercosis is probably due to the increased preference and success with medical management.

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“…4 The intraocular location of the cyst causes retinal detachment, macular scarring, 1,2 retinal vasculitis, and vitritis. 3 We report here a case of intraocular cysticercosis, which presented with features of endogenous endophthalmitis. To the best of our knowledge this is a rare report of degenerated cysticerus cyst masquerading as endogenous endophthalmitis.…”

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