Cisticercosis ocular Ocular cysticercosis: presentation of one case

Abstract

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial">Se presenta el caso de un paciente con un cisticerco retiniano, tratado sin éxito con praziquantel, quien a los cinco meses del tratamiento presentó fibrosis y desprendimiento de la retina. Se realizó intervención quirúrgica y se encontró el cisticerco vivo. Desde antes de la operación el paciente había perdido la visión por el ojo afectado. Se hace una revisión sobre oftalmocisticercosis y se recomienda tratamiento quirúrgico oportuno y no usar los antihelmínticos con efecto sobre los cisticercos, como son praziquantel y albendazol.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial">One case of ocular cysticercosis with retinal involvement, in which praziquantel treatment was ineffective, is presented. Five months after the </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial">medical treatment the patient presented with retinal detachment and fibrosis, loss of vision through the affected eye and at that time the parasite was observed alive. Surgical intervention was performed and the recovered cysticercus showed viability. A review on ophtalmocysticercosis is presented and recommendations are made to treat these cases by early surgery without prior administration of anticysticercus drugs such as praziquantel or albendazole.</span><span></span></p>

Keywords

• cisticercosis
• oftalmocisticercosis
• praziquantel
• albendazol