[Clinical analysis of orbital cysticercus cellulosae].

OBJECTIVE

To investigate the clinical features, laboratory tests, medical imaging manifestations, diagnosis and treatment of orbital cysticercus cellulosae.

METHODS

23 cases of orbital cysticercus cellulosae were analyzed from 1973 to 1997.

RESULTS

Most cases had features of exophthalmos, lid swelling, limitation of ocular movement. Some of them with visual loss, optic papilledema and orbital mass. B-scan ultrasonography revealed a cystic tumor and a strong echo spot with spontaneous movement. On CT scanning, found was a well-defined hyperdensity mass in which there was a low density area. On MRI, the signal intensity of T(1)WI of cystic fluid was low or moderate and of T(2)WI was high, while the signal intensity of T(1)WI and T(2)WI of surrounding scar tissue was still low.

CONCLUSION

We can make diagnosis by imaging tests and treat them with surgical operations.