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Case Reports
. 2013:7:2275-9.
doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S52690. Epub 2013 Dec 3.

Ocular cysticercosis in a 32-year-old man in Abuja: ultrasonic features as an aid in diagnosis

Oe Babalola  1 , A Adu  2 , Ao Akano  3
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Ocular cysticercosis in a 32-year-old man in Abuja: ultrasonic features as an aid in diagnosis

Oe Babalola et al. Clin Ophthalmol. 2013.

Abstract

We report the case of a 32-year-old man suffering from intraocular cysticercosis, with special emphasis on the use of B-scan ultrasound in the diagnosis and management of the condition. An 8000 B-Scan Scanmate was used to obtain the ultrasound images. The patient had worked on a pig farm a few years before presentation. He presented with shadows seen in the right eye. Binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy revealed that he had a choroidal detachment in the right eye inferotemporally. B-scan ultrasound revealed a subretinal subchoroidal cyst with a thick wall containing well defined intracystic echogenic entities representing scolices, and an associated retinal detachment. These findings appear to be pathognomonic. Excision of the cyst through a trans-scleral approach revealed a yellowish serous fluid, with scolices of cysticercus later confirmed histologically. B-scan ultrasound is extremely useful in the diagnosis of ocular cysticercosis and the findings can be pathognomonic.

Keywords: B-scan ultrasound; Nigeria; ocular cysticercosis.

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Figure 1
A series of B-scan slices from the described ocular cysticercosis case.
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B-scan ultrasound with labels showing the most significant features.
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