ABSTRACT
Postoperative fungal endophthalmitis typically manifests as an indolent uveitis, weeks to months after surgery. In our patient, Torulopsis magnoliae endophthalmitis appeared as an acute, purulent postoperative endophthalmitis on the third day following extracapsular cataract extraction with implantation of a posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL). The patient required three separate vitrectomy operations with instillation of intravitreal Amphotericin B; the last operation also included complete removal of the posterior capsule and IOL. This case, which is to our knowledge the first reported case of T. magnoliae endophthalmitis, is unusual in that it manifested as an acute, fulminant infection in the early postoperative period and was recalcitrant to standard endophthalmitis therapy.
Subject(s)
Candidiasis , Cataract Extraction/adverse effects , Endophthalmitis/microbiology , Eye Infections, Fungal , Acute Disease , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Amphotericin B/therapeutic use , Candidiasis/drug therapy , Endophthalmitis/drug therapy , Eye Infections, Fungal/drug therapy , Female , Humans , Lenses, IntraocularABSTRACT
A 74-year-old man with an occult carcinoma of the colon developed pigmentation of the mouth and penis typical of the Peutz-Jeghers syndrome as the first manifestation of bilateral diffuse uveal melanocytic proliferation. The simultaneous appearance of extraocular pigmented lesion and those in the uveal tract of both eyes of this patient provides further evidence that bilateral diffuse uveal melanocytic proliferation may be caused by activation of occult melanocytic naevus cells in response to either a hormone-producing carcinoma or to some other common oncogenic stimulus.
