Concomitant multiple subretinal cysticerci in neurocysticercosis

Trop Parasitol. 2023 Jan-Jun;13(1):65-67. doi: 10.4103/tp.tp_17_22. Epub 2023 May 19.

Abstract

We present a unique case of asymptomatic NCC that was accidently diagnosed on radiological investigations after a road traffic accident. An Ophthalmologic consult was sought to rule out intraocular or optic nerve cysticercosis. Fundoscopy showed multiple white-pale yellow lesions in the right eye which on ultrasonography confirmed cyst lined by a cyst wall consistent with subretinal cysticercosis. The patient was treated with diode laser photocoagulation. A high index of suspicion is required to diagnose NCCin endemic areas. In the right eye which on ultrasonography confirmed cyst lined by a cyst wall consistent with subretinal cysticercosis. The patient was treated with diode laser photocoagulation.

Keywords: Cysticerci; imaging in cysticerci; neurocysticercosis.

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