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Myopathy presenting as a Sole Manifestation of Hypothyroidism

@inproceedings{Londhey2010MyopathyPA,
  title={Myopathy presenting as a Sole Manifestation of Hypothyroidism},
  author={V A Londhey and G D Rajadhyaksha and K S Barhate and A More},
  year={2010},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:46000842}
}
A 32 yr old man on treatment with Albendazole for cerebral neurocysticercosis for 10 days presented with 3 days of painful uniocular blindness and a b-scan of eye revealed retinal detachment due to sub retinal cyst and CT brain showed multiple parenchymal cysticerci.
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