• Title of article

    Curvularia lunata endophthalmiti with econdary keratiti

  • Author/Authors

    uhmita Kauhik، نويسنده , , Jagat Ram، نويسنده , , A Chakrabarty، نويسنده , , M.R Dogra، نويسنده , , Gagandeep Brar، نويسنده , , Amod Gupta، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2001
  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    140
  • To page
    142
  • Abstract
    PURPOE: To report a cae of peudophakic endophthalmiti with econdary keratiti caued by Curvularia lunata. METHOD: A 40-year-old man preented with a fluffy ma in the anterior chamber with low-grade delayed potoperative inflammation in the right eye. REULT: The anterior chamber and vitreou apirate demontrated C. lunata. A large corneal infiltrate developed after apiration of the ma. Treatment with ytemic, topical, and intraocular antifungal agent cleared the vitreou, but the cornea perforated. CONCLUION: Delayed low-grade infection with a fluffy ma in the anterior chamber after cataract urgery can rarely be a clinical preentation of dematiaceou fungal infection. econdary keratiti may reult after a diagnotic apiration.
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Serial Year
    2001
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Record number

    623121