Atypical histopathology findings in presumed epibulbar cysticercosis

[...]the patient was started on oral albendazole (400 mg two times a day) and supplemented with oral steroids (0.5 mg/kg) after 2 days. Some authors have suggested conservative management for subconjunctival cysts as their natural course often involves spontaneous expulsion. The authors are of the view that the parasitic infection may have resolved with medical treatment leaving behind the fibrous capsule with inflammatory reaction that was revealed on histopathological examination.3 Learning points Epibulbar cysticercosis may not respond fully to antihelminthics at times necessitating excision biopsy.