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Longstanding post-traumatic intraocular iron foreign body misdiagnosed as cysticercosis.

Authors :
Sivakumar, Priya
Dhoble, Pankaja
Source :
Trauma. Oct2017, Vol. 19 Issue 4, p320-320. 1p. 1 Color Photograph.
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

The article presents case study of a 50-year-old man who was diagnosed with ocular cysticercosis. It mentions that the diagnosis was based on clinical finding of a well-defined smooth-walled retinal cyst inferior to the optic disc with a dense white center suggestive of cystecercosis scolex. It mentions information on observation of extra-ocular and intracranial cysts through computerised tomographic scan.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
14604086
Volume :
19
Issue :
4
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Trauma
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
125491678
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/1460408617719478