Abstract
3/2005
vol. 107
Review paper
Visual system involvement in selected zoontic diseases. III. Cysticercosis T. solium
- Katedra i Klinika Okulistyczna Akademii Medycznej im. Karola Macinkowskiego w Poznaniu
- Specjalistyczna Przychodnia Chorób Odzwierzęcych i Pasożytniczych Ośrodka Rehabilitacyjno-Specjalistycznego w Poznaniu
Klinika Oczna 2005, 107(7-9): 563-566
Online publish date: 2005/09/22
Cysticercosis of visual system is a serious clinical problem. Cysticercosis (cysticercus cellulose) may cause damage to different structures of this system, leading sometimes to dangerous consequences (phthisis and total blindness). Involvement of visual system may coexist with cysticercosis of central nervous system. In current paper we present parasytologic and epidemiologic aspects, as well as clinical pathology of T. solium cysticercosis with special attention directed to lesions within visual system. Current laboratory methods (immuno- and radiologic) indispensable for diagnosis of cysticercosis, as well as outline of therapy (pharmacological and surgical), are also presented.
Keywords
Taenia solium, taeniasis, Cysticercus cellulosae, clinical pathology of ocular cysticercosis, diagnosis, treatment
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