Atypical presentations of orbital cysticercosis.

Author(s): Pushker N, Chaturvedi A, Balasubramanya R, Bajaj MS, Kumar N, Sony P

Affiliation(s): Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India.

Publication date & source: 2005-09, J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus., 42(5):314-6.

Publication type: Case Reports

We describe three patients with orbital cysticercosis who presented with atypical clinical or radiologic features previously unreported. All three patients had a cyst with a scolex on imaging studies. After 6 weeks of treatment, all three had almost complete resolution of their features.