Ravi Bypareddy Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Sub Retinal Cysticercus
Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India-110029
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India. Bypareddy Skills and Expertise are Retina, Glaucoma, Immunology, Diabetes, Eyes, Retinal Diseases, Clinical, Ophthalmology, Macular Degeneration, OCT, Cataract Surgery.
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Author(s): Ravi Bypareddy, Seema Sen and Rohan Chawla
This study aimed to report the pathological characteristics of intraocular cysticercosis due to Taenia solium parasitic infection. Twelve-year-old boy, with neuro-cysticercosis was found to have sub-retinal cysticercosis in the left eye. Patient underwent pars-plana vitrectomy, with extrusion of cyst intravitreally by making a retinotomy with removal of cyst in-toto by enlarging sclerotomy. Histopathology revealed larva of cysticercus, along with scolex, which contains the sucker and hooklets.
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