Taenia solium in the Anterior Chamber: Surgical Management of a Rare Case of Live Free-Floating Parasite.
Case Rep Ophthalmol Med 2021;
2021:4038691. [PMID:
34631183 PMCID:
PMC8497165 DOI:
10.1155/2021/4038691]
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Abstract
Ocular cysticercosis is a preventable cause of blindness. It is a parasitic infestation caused by Cysticercus cellulosae—which is the larval form of Taenia solium. In 1829, Soemmering reported the first case of a live anterior chamber cysticercosis. In the following, we report a rare case of a 13-year-old male who presented with a live adult Taenia solium in the anterior chamber without any systemic features and its successful management.
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