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Year: 2016 | Month: October | Volume: 6 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 269-272

Extraocular Muscle Cysticercosis Misdiagnosed As Duane’s Syndrome - A Case Report

Vidhya C

Consultant, Paediatric Ophthalmology Department, Sankara Eye Hospital, Old Airport Road, Kundalahalli Gate, Bangalore-560037, India.

ABSTRACT

Cysticercosis is a systemic parasitic disease caused by the larval form of cestode Taenia solium. The eye could be the prime location for such parasitic infection. The extraocular muscles are the most common site involvement of orbital cysticercosis. We report a case of a 16-year-old girl who presented with pain and redness in the left eye. She was misdiagnosed as Duane’s retraction syndrome based on clinical findings. Radiological investigations showed a lateral rectus muscle cysticercosis. The patient was given oral albendazole and prednisolone. This case serves to emphasize that cysticercosis should be included in the differential diagnosis of restrictive myopathy especially in endemic regions like India.

Key words: Cysticercosis, Duane’s retraction syndrome, restrictive myopathy.

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