Cysticercosis   340

General: Caused by Taenia solium.

Ocular: Tenonitis; endophthalmitis; optic atrophy; papilledema; retinal detachment; retinal hemorrhages and exudates; vitreal hemorrhages; hypopyon; uveitis; paresis of extraocular muscles; periretinal proliferation; cysts may be present almost anywhere in or around the eye; orbital lesion; extraocular myositis; subretinal cysticercosis; acute preseptal cellulitis.

Clinical: Dead larvae may cause muscle pain; weakness; fever; eosinophilia; calcification of tissues.

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