Fungal Corneal Ulcer with Hypopion (Photo)
This photo shows a large central fungal ulcer. The borders are soft and feathery and culture eventually grew out fusarium. You can see a small hypopion at the bottom of the anterior chamber. This hypopion was presumed to be a sterile infiltrate as the eye never progressed to frank endophthalmitis. Fungus (especially the long-branching molds) have the ability to extend posteriorly through descemet’s membrane, and are thus more likely to cause infectious hypopions.
To get a better look at this eye, watch our fungal ulcer video from which this snapshot was taken.
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good material
Comment by nando — April 2, 2010 @ 9:29 am
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