Cysticercosis of the eyelid
H. D. Perry and R. L. Font
A 14-year-old girl had a four-month history of a painless, enlarging mass
in the right upper eyelid. Histopathologic examination revealed the cystic
mass to be Cysticercus cellulosae, the larval form of Taenia solium. This
patient had been in Vietnam and Laos several years previously and, while
there, developed a flu-like syndrome. Despite the fact that she was
asymptomatic for the two years preceding her clinical examination, the
histopathologic diagnosis of C cellulosae prompted an extensive medical and
neurologic work-up to rule out the possibility that the patient harbored
the adult tapeworm or other larval forms. Fortunately, the results of this
survey were negative.
