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Cysticercosis has been recognized as a lesion occurring in childhood that is often difficult to distinguish from retinoblastoma both clinically and ultrasonographically. Also known as the ‘bladderworm’, cysticercosis cellulosae has a predilection for the central nervous system and eyes. It induces no inflammatory reaction when alive.
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Fishman, M., Kerman, B., Foxman, S. (1987). Intraocular cysticercosis: migratory. In: Ossoinig, K.C. (eds) Ophthalmic Echography. Documenta Ophthalmologica Proceedings Series, vol 48. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3315-6_46
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