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OCULAR IMMUNOLOGY AND INFLAMMATION
Volume 16, Issue 5-6, Pages 242-243Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/09273940802311769
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fungal chorioretinitis; immunocompetent; Zygomicete
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Purpose: To describe a case of fungal chorioretinitis in a healthy individual. Design: Case report. Results: A 74-year-old immunocompetent man presented with peripheral chorioretinitis with hemorrhage in the superonasal quadrant. A retinal biopsy was performed. PAS and Gomori methenamine silver stain disclosed fungal structures identified as broad nonseptate hyphae with right-angle branches, probably belonging to the Zygomycete class. A systemic workup was initiated to seek the source of the infection with normal findings. The patient was successfully treated with intravitreous and intravenous amphotericine B. Conclusion: Nontraumatic fungal chorioretinitis can present in immunocompetent patients.
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