Cysticercosis of the optic nerve

J Neuroophthalmol. 2000 Mar;20(1):59-60. doi: 10.1097/00041327-200020010-00017.

Abstract

Cysticercosis of the optic nerve has been reported only twice in the literature. A case of optic nerve cysticercosis in a 50-year-old woman with atypical optic neuritis is reported. Computerized tomography showed a thickened left optic nerve with a ring-enhancing lesion containing an eccentric nodule. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test for cysticercosis further established the diagnosis. The patient was treated with oral prednisolone and albendazole, with no improvement in vision.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Albendazole / therapeutic use
  • Animals
  • Anthelmintics / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
  • Cysticercosis / diagnosis*
  • Cysticercosis / drug therapy
  • Cysticercosis / parasitology
  • Cysticercus / isolation & purification
  • Eye Infections, Parasitic / diagnosis*
  • Eye Infections, Parasitic / drug therapy
  • Eye Infections, Parasitic / parasitology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Optic Neuritis / diagnosis*
  • Optic Neuritis / drug therapy
  • Optic Neuritis / pathology
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Anthelmintics
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Prednisolone
  • Albendazole