Submacular Cysticercosis Successfully Treated through Conservative Management: Case Report
| Autor: | Renata Garcia Franco, Alejandro Arias Gómez, Marlon García Roa, Juvenal Guzman Cerda, Paulina Ramirez Neria |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Visual acuity genetic structures Case Report 01 natural sciences Lesion 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Blurred vision lcsh:Ophthalmology Foveal Ophthalmology Taenia solium submacular cysticercosis taenia solium Medicine 0101 mathematics Submacular Cysticercosis business.industry 010102 general mathematics Cysticercosis medicine.disease eye diseases metacestode medicine.drug_formulation_ingredient lcsh:RE1-994 030221 ophthalmology & optometry Prednisolone medicine.symptom business cysticercus medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Case Reports in Ophthalmology, Vol 11, Iss 2, Pp 315-321 (2020) Case Reports in Ophthalmology |
| ISSN: | 1663-2699 |
| Popis: | Appropriate medical management can be an alternative in those patients with submacular cysticercosis in whom achieving good visual outcome with vitreoretinal surgery is not possible. We report the case of a 25-year-old female who presented complaining of blurred vision in her left eye associated with photopsias and metamorphopsias of 3 months duration. Initial visual acuity in the right eye was 20/20 and 20/100 in the left eye. Upon indirect ophthalmoscopy in the left eye, a yellow-white, dome-shaped, elevated lesion with foveal involvement was observed. The rest of the ophthalmological examination proved normal. With clinical findings and images, submacular cysticercosis was diagnosed, and vitreoretinal surgery was suggested. Nevertheless, the patient did not accept the treatment; therefore, medical management was initiated. Central nervous system involvement was ruled out, and treatment with praziquantel and systemic prednisolone was initiated. Cysticercosis was resolved with significant improvement of her symptoms and visual acuity. |
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