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Visual loss in cysticercosis

Analysis of 23 patients

From the Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. G.Y. Chang, Department of Neurology, Room 5641, LAC + USC Medical Center, 1200 N. State St., Los Angeles, CA 90033-1084.

Of 23 cases with cysticercal visual loss, 13 had optic neuropathy (due largely to papilledema), 4 sustained chiasmal damage, and 6 had retrochiasmal lesions. Papilledema usually was associated with hydrocephalus, chiasmal involvement was caused by inflammation and compression from adjacent cysts, and retrochiasmal damage was produced by large parenchymal cysts or vasculitic cerebral infarction.

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