ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the characteristic of the B-mode ultrasonography and the color Doppler flow imaging diagnosis for intraocular cysticercosis.Methods Eleven eyes of 1 1 patients diagnosed of intraocular cysticercosis clinically and confirmed by operation and pathology were retrospectively studied. Their B-mode ultrasonography and color Doppler flow imaging were analyzed.Surgery diagosis was also reviewed.Results Among 1 1 eyes of 1 1 patients,intravitreal cysticercus presented in 7 cases (7 eyes),and 4 cases (4 eyes)diagnosed of subretinal cysticercus.Intraocular cysticercosis showed a round or oval vesicle-like echogenic mass in the vitreous body or under the retina,and the high-level echo spot in it was the scolex. Some dot and stripe echo and retinal detachment also appeared in the vitreous cavity with vitreous inflammation.The blood flow signal was detected in retinal detachment with color Doppler flow imaging. Conclusions Ultrasonography is extremely useful in the diagnosis of intraocular cysticercosis and the findings can be pathognomonic.