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By McGill University Health Centre
The MUHC-McGill University
Co-author(s): Sabrina Bergeron, P. Zoroquiain, E. Esposito, S. Corredor Casas, P. Logan, A. N. Odashiro, Miguel N. Burnier, Paulina García de Alba Graue, McGill University Health Center-McGill University Ocular Pathology & Translational Research Laboratory - Uploaded on May 18, 2020.
- Last modified by Caroline Bozell on May 19, 2020.
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- Cysticercosis
- Condition/keywords
- cysticercosis, enucleation, cyst
- Description
- Ocular cysticercosis is a disease that is caused by the encystment of cysticercus larvae from certain tapeworms in the eye. In this enucleation specimen, a choroidal cyst (arrow) containing a larva (*) is clearly visible. Note the retinal detachment overlying the cyst.
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