Cysticercosis infections cluster around tapeworm carriers; person-to-person spread is more common than previously thought, particularly from people with many cysts, and is likely to be the predominate means of human contamination with T solium eggs rather than contamination through environmental sources. 18–20 Most investigators looking for ...

Eye involvement in cysticercosis may include the extraocular muscles or subconjunctiva. Intraocular disease may involve the anterior chamber, vitreous, or subretinal location. Orbital, extraocular muscle, and subconjunctival cysticercosis are often amenable to medical therapy.

Cysticercosis, the infection caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Taenia solium, is the most common parasitic disease of the nervous system in humans and the single most common cause of acquired epileptic seizures in the developing world, where prevalence rates of active epilepsy are twice those in developed countries (41, 53, 56, 91, 107).

Clinical Care of Cysticercosis Key points Course of treatment depends on multiple factors including clinical manifestation, and quantity, size, and location of cysticerci.

Cysticercosis is caused by the larval stage (metacestode) of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium. Clinical syndromes related to this parasite include neurocysticercosis (NCC) and extraneural cysticercosis. NCC, in turn, is divided into parenchymal and extraparenchymal forms.