Extraocular muscle cysticercosis mimicking idiopathic orbital inflammation: Case report

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 537-539

  Angotti Neto, Hélio ^a,b   Gonçalves, Allan Christian Pieroni ^a   Moura, Frederico Castelo ^a   Monteiro, Mário Luiz Ribeiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Teodoro Sampaio 498   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Albendazole therapeutic use; Cases reports publication type ; Cysticercosis; Eye infections, parasitic diagnosis; Ocular motility disorders; Prednisone therapeutic use; Taenia solium; Tomography, x ray computed

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349007895     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27492007000300027     Document Type: Article

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