Intralenticular Candida pecie abce in a premature infant

PURPOE: To report the clinical and hitopathologic finding of a premature infant with evere retinopathy of prematurity complicated by the development of an intralenticular fungal abce. METHOD: Cae report and literature review. REULT: A markedly premature infant developed Candida epticemia at 29 week potconception. Over the enuing 10 week, cataract and intraocular inflammation developed equentially in each eye, a did progreive retinopathy of prematurity with tractional retinal detachment. Par plana vitrectomy and lenectomy revealed intralenticular Candida pecie abce. CONCLUION: Progreive cataract and intraocular inflammation in a low birth weight infant may be caued by endogenou intraocular infection econdary to ytemic candidiai. Cataract econdary to retinopathy of prematurity i rare.