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| OPHTHALMIC IMAGE |
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| Year : 2021 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 10 |
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Intracameral fungal bridge
Mohamed Ibrahime Asif, Suman Lata, Shristi, Rahul Kumar Bafna, Rajesh Sinha
Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
| Date of Web Publication | 31-Dec-2020 |
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Rajesh Sinha
Professor, Cornea, Lens and Refractive Surgery Services, Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_646_20
How to cite this article:
Asif MI, Lata S, Shristi, Bafna RK, Sinha R. Intracameral fungal bridge. Indian J Ophthalmol Case Rep 2021;1:10 |
A 17-year-old female, with a history of trauma with an unknown object while driving, presented with painless diminution of vision, redness, and whitish opacification in the left eye for 2 months with visual acuity of 20/200. Slit-lamp biomicroscopy revealed deep stromal infiltrate of 5*5 mm with grayish-white stalk extending from endothelium to anterior capsule of the lens [Figure 1]a and [Figure 1]b. A clinical diagnosis of fungal keratitis was made. Confocal microscopy revealed filamentous structures suggestive of fungal hyphae [Figure 1]c and suture biopsy culture revealed Aspergillus fumigatus [Figure 1]d. We highlight that fungal keratitis along with other typical features[1],[2],[3],[4],[5] may also present with an atypical fungal bridge in the anterior chamber. | Figure 1: (a) Diffuse slit-lamp image depicting the corneal involvement; (b) Patient on looking inferonasally grayish white infiltrate extending from the endothelial side of the cornea up to the anterior capsule of the lens with the slit illumination; (c) Confocal microscopy revealing multiple filamentous structures suggestive of fungal hyphae; (d) Microbiological examination revealing fungal elements
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