| Title |
Cysticercosis of the Optic Nerve |
| Creator |
Menon, V; Tandon, R; Khanna, S; Sharma, P; Khokhar, S; Vashisht, S; Garg, I |
| Affiliation |
R.P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, New Delhi, India. |
| Abstract |
Cysticercosis of the optic nerve has been reported only twice in the literature. A case of optic nerve cysticercosis in a 50-year-old woman with atypical optic neuritis is reported. Computerized tomography showed a thickened left optic nerve with a ring-enhancing lesion containing an eccentric nodule. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test for cysticercosis further established the diagnosis. The patient was treated with oral prednisolone and albendazole, with no improvement in vision. |
| Subject |
Albendazole/therapeutic use; Animals; Anthelmintics/therapeutic use; Anti-Inflammatory Agents/therapeutic use; Cysticercosis/diagnosis; Cysticercosis/drug therapy; Cysticercosis/parasitology; Cysticercus/isolation & purification; Eye Infections, Parasitic/diagnosis; Eye Infections, Parasitic/drug therapy; Eye Infections, Parasitic/parasitology; Female; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Middle Older people; Optic Neuritis/diagnosis; Optic Neuritis/drug therapy; Optic Neuritis/pathology; Prednisolone/therapeutic use; Tomography, X-Ray Computed |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Publication Type |
Journal Article |
| Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/ |
| Publisher |
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins |
| Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Rights Management |
© North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_jno |
| ID |
225057 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vx3nmn/225057 |
