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Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology
Medknow Publications on behalf of Indian Association of Medical Microbiology
ISSN: 0255-0857
EISSN: 0255-0857
Vol. 26, No. 3, 2008, pp. 277-279
Bioline Code: mb08087
Full paper language: English
Document type: Case Report
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Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, Vol. 26, No. 3, 2008, pp. 277-279

 en Viscoexpression of large free floating cysticercus cyst from the anterior chamber of the eye by double incision technique
Kai, S; Vanathi, M; Vengayil, S & Panda, A

Abstract

We describe a case of 16-year-old girl who reported with diminution of vision in left eye for past seven months with appearance of white reflex. Slit lamp biomicroscopy revealed the presence of a live grayish white cyst in the anterior chamber. The ultrabiomicroscopic evaluation revealed a large live Cysticercus cellulosae check for this species in other resources cyst in anterior chamber. The CT-scan of the brain revealed multiple non-contrast enhanced lesions with calcification in brain parenchyma. The patient was started on oral prednisolone and oral albendazole. The cyst was removed in toto from the eye by double incision technique. The patient achieved visual acuity of 6/12 post-operatively.

Keywords
Cysticercus in anterior chamber, double incision technique, ocular cysticercosis

 
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