Disseminated neurocysticercosis presenting as isolated acute monocular painless vision loss

Disseminated neurocysticercosis presenting as isolated acute monocular painless vision loss

Neurocysticercosis, the most common parasitic infection of the nervous system, is known to affect the brain, eyes, muscular tissues and subcutaneous tissues. However, it is very rare for patients with ocular cysts to have concomitant cerebral cysts. Also, the dominant clinical manifestation of patie...

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Main Authors: Gaurav M. Kasundra, Amita Narendra Bhargava, Bharat Bhushan, Subhakaran Khichar, Isha Sood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2014-12-01
Series:Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
Subjects:
acute permanent monocular vision loss
cysticercosis
intraocular neurocysticercosis
neurocysticercosis
subretinal neurocysticercosis
sudden monocular vision loss
taenea solium
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0976-3147.145224

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