Electron microscopic observations of intravitreal cysticercus cellulosae (Taenia solium)

Alan H. Friedman; Kathryn S. Pokorny; Joseph Suhan; Robert Ritch; Keith M. Zinn

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Electron microscopic observations of intravitreal cysticercus cellulosae (Taenia solium)

Alan H. Friedman, Kathryn S. Pokorny, Joseph Suhan, Robert Ritch, Keith M. Zinn

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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Abstract

Cysticercus cellulosae, the larval stage of Taenia solium,was studied by light and electron microscopy after its removal from the vitreous. The ultrastructure of the larva is highly organized and displays a superficial tegument and deeper parenchyma. The tegument contains a microvillous surface overlying a syncytial cytoplasm. A deeper muscular layer overlies the parenchyma, within which are highly specialized structures important in water balance, flame cells, and acid-neutralizing calcareous corpuscles.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	267-273
Number of pages	7
Journal	Ophthalmologica
Volume	180
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000308985
State	Published - 1980

Keywords

Electron microscopy
Intraocular cysts
Intravitreal cysticercus
Taenia solium

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Electron microscopic observations of intravitreal cysticercus cellulosae (Taenia solium)

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