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Editor,—Cysticercus cellulosae, the larval form ofTaenia solium (tapeworm), often affects the human eye. Human infection occurs on eating raw or inadequately cooked infected pork, consuming food or water contaminated with faecal matter containing the ova, or as a result of autoinfection.Sommering first reported a case of ocular cysticercosis.The parasite's most favoured site in the eye is vitreous and subretinal space followed by the subconjunctival tissue.Spontaneous expulsion of cysticercosis from the subconjunctival space and orbit is uncommon. We report a case of subconjunctival cysticercus cellulosae in which there occurred spontaneous extrusion.
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A young 7 year boy presented with redness and swelling in the right eye. General physical …