Yadav Ram Yash Singh, Ghosh Ashish, Sharma Kamlesh, Ahmad Shahbaz
Department of Ophthalmology, BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur.
Department of Anaesthesiology, BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur.
J Indian Med Assoc. 2013 Apr;111(4):264-5.
A 25-year femalepresented at the eye OPD with the complaint of some white thing in her right eye. She had visual acuity of 6/18 in the right eye and 6/6 in the left one. Slit lamp examination showed she had a live larva actively moving in the anterior chamber of the right eye. The patient was started on oral steroid, topical moxifloxacin with steroid, cyclopentolate and planned for surgery. Exploration of lerva was done by visco-expressive method. Histopathology showed if to be a cysticercus lerva. Her visual acurity was 6/6 in the affected eye after one month.