Endogenous Aspergillus Endophthalmitis

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    • By Mallika Goyal, MD
      Apollo Health City
      Co-author(s): Sridhar A, MD, Apollo Health City, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad
    • Uploaded on Jun 2, 2015.
    • Last modified by Caroline Bozell on Jun 2, 2015.
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    Endogenous aspergillus endophthalmitis
    Condition/keywords
    endogenous endophthalmitis
    Photographer
    Mallika Goyal, MD, Apollo Health City, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad
    Imaging device
    Fundus camera
    Description
    Fundus photograph of left eye of a 13-year-old boy with endogenous aspergillus endophthalmitis with retinal detachment and silicon oil in-situ 3 days after first presentation. Vitreous was hazy with inflammatory membrane over anterior surface of oil. Aspergillus was seen on smears and cultured from his vitreous. He had disseminated systemic aspergillus infection following use of oral steroids for nephrotic syndrome.

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