To the Editor: Cysticercosis-like human infections with the tapeworm Taenia crassiceps, which infects foxes as terminal hosts, have been reported (1,2). We report a case of a cysticercosis-like eye infection caused by the tapeworm T. martis (marten tapeworm) in a woman.
Thumbnail of Cysticercosis-like eye infection caused by the tapeworm Taenia martis in a woman. A) Fundus at the patient’s initial visit, before medical therapy. The cyst lies subretinally at the temporal upper branch vessels; adjacent intraretinal and subretinal bleeding and central subhyaloid bleeding can be seen. B) After 8 days of medical therapy, the cyst size had decreased markedly. The physis of the larva (A and B) is reminiscent of the armatetrathyridium (or fimbriocercus), a larval form
Figure. . . Cysticercosis-like eye infection caused by the tapeworm Taenia martis in a woman. A) Fundus at the patient’s initial visit, before medical therapy. The cyst lies subretinally at the temporal...